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There is something haunting in the light of the moon.

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
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Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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