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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
Ocean
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Existence
Voyages
Nothing
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Navy
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Army
Enticing
Sea
Yacht

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