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There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

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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
Life
Navy
Enslaving
Ships
Mariners
Boat
Nautical
Army
Enticing
Sea
Yacht
Ocean
Naval
Existence
Voyages
Nothing
Sailing

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