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Notes on My Books, by Joseph Conrad
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Title: Notes on My Books
Author: Joseph Conrad
Release Date: December 20, 2006 [EBook #20150]
Language: English
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NOTES ON MY BOOKS
BY JOSEPH CONRAD
GARDEN CITY, N. Y., AND TORONTO DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY MCMXXI
COPYRIGHT, 1920, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
NOTES ON MY BOOKS
ALMAYER'S FOLLY
I am informed that in criticizing that literature which preys on strange people and prowls in far-off countries, under the shade of palms, in the unsheltered glare of sunbeaten beaches, amongst honest cannibals and the more sophisticated pioneers of our glorious virtues, a lady--distinguished in the world of letters--summed up her disapproval of it by