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... it was written I should be loyal to the nightmare of my choice.

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Berdichev
Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Choices
Imperialism
Loyal
Nightmare
Choice
Darkness
Struggle
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