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Joseph Conrad: A Biographical Sketch

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1894<br />

July 1894: finishes Almayer’s Folly and<br />

sends to publishing house Fisher Unwin<br />

July-Sept: waits anxiously for response<br />

Sept: demands return of manuscript<br />

4 Oct 1894: Fisher Unwin accepts novel,<br />

encouraged by Edward Garnett. <strong>Conrad</strong> is<br />

offered 20 pounds for copyright<br />

<strong>Conrad</strong>’s days as a seaman are over . . .

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