Project Gutenberg 2006-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 544 Conrad, Joseph 1857 1924 Korzeniowski, Joseph Conrad Theodore Korzeniowski, Józef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski, Jozef Konrad Teodor A Personal Record Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Personal_Record Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger "A Personal Record" by Joseph Conrad is a reflective memoir, likely written during the late 19th century. The work serves as a deeply personal account from the author, who contemplates his life experiences, literary aspirations, and the significance of the written word, navigating through memories of his first encounters with the sea and his literary creations like "Almayer's Folly." Conrad's narrative style is introspective, offering insights into the development of his identity as both a writer and a man shaped by his maritime background. At the start of the memoir, Conrad shares his thoughts on the nature of writing and the effects of words, revealing a struggle between sincerity and expressiveness. He humorously recounts the friendly pressure he faced to write this account, emphasizing his reluctance and the mundane moments that influenced his literary pursuits. Through rich imagery, he reflects on a specific time and place aboard a ship in Rouen, transitioning from focused writing on "Almayer's Folly" to the mundanities of life at sea, hinting at the deep connections between his experiences and the narratives he constructs. The opening establishes a tone of candid exploration, inviting readers to witness the complexities of his thoughts as he balances the emotional resonance of his memories with a desire for artistic clarity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 PR Text Category: Biographies Category: British Literature 314907 2025-08-01T06:57:32.719976 text/html 317282 2021-01-27T23:35:23 text/html; charset=utf-8 116024 2021-01-27T23:35:23 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 186640 2025-08-01T06:57:37.996944 application/epub+zip 189084 2025-08-01T06:57:34.461944 application/epub+zip 189084 2025-08-01T06:57:33.330967 application/epub+zip 337036 2025-08-01T06:57:40.842911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 318983 2025-08-01T06:57:37.366950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293951 2022-09-01T07:39:20.355442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278345 2025-08-01T06:57:32.324968 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 278278 2018-03-02T11:18:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 111041 2018-03-19T14:08:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 276837 2016-01-08T11:33:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 110805 2016-01-08T11:33:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20749 2025-08-01T06:57:40.969910 application/rdf+xml 13571 2025-08-01T06:57:33.822947 image/jpeg 3557 2025-08-01T06:57:33.570956 image/jpeg 182709 2025-08-01T06:57:32.744955 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia