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The Mirror of the Sea is Joseph Conrad’s true-life account of his seventeen-year odyssey at sea, told through a series of essays. Portraying the ocean as a metaphor against which men could measure themselves, Conrad hints at the themes of his later fictional works.
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Polish-born Joseph Conrad is regarded as a highly influential author, and his works are seen as a precursor to modernist literature. His often tragic insight into the human condition in novels such as Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent is unrivalled by his contemporaries.
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