The Life of Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad, was a Polish-British writer well-known as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He is considered a great author because his some of his stories immersed in, adventures you experience alongside his mysterious narrators every step of the way. Which seems to be what he aims for, he is also very detailed. Joseph Conrad (Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, on December 3rd, 1857. He was born Polish but he would become renowned for his English short stories and novels. His father, Apollo Korzeniowski, worked as a translator of English and French literature, so Joseph had a significant exposure to literature while still a little boy. In 1861 his family was exiled to Northern Russia as a result of his father's political activities. Then in 1869, both of Conrad's parents died of tuberculosis and he went to Switzerland to get raise by his maternal uncle. “Conrad’s education was erratic: he was first tutored by his literary father, then attended school in Krakow and received further …show more content…
What he saw, did, and felt in the Congo are largely recorded in Heart of Darkness, his most famous and most enigmatic story. The title of which signifies not only the heart of Africa, the dark continent, but also the heart of evil—everything that is corrupt—and perhaps the heart of man. “The story is central to Conrad’s work and vision, and it is difficult not to think of his Congo experiences as traumatic (biography.com).” Conrad has extrinsic and intrinsic reasons why he started writing, but the most important was him wanting to share his experience. One important decision he did was writing the novel Heart of Darkness, because he says his opinion about what happened went he went to Congo, he saw cruelty everywhere. His best choice was to leave Congo because he already have lost a friend