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Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel is Joseph Conrad's final novel. Unifinished at the time of his death, it was published posthumously in 1925.
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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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