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Joseph Conrad （1857-1924）;Catalogue： 1.Early Life 2.Education 3.Citizenship 4.Merchant-marine career 5. Literary career 6. Style 7. Language 8.Marriage 9.Death;His Early Life ·Born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 in Berdichev, in Podolia He was the only child of Apollo Korzeniowski and his wife Ewa Bobrowska. ·His father was a writer, translator, political activist and would-be revolutionary Polish literature, particularly patriotic literature, was held in high esteem by the areas Polish population. ;His Early Life Because of the fathers attempts at farming and his political activism, the family moved repeatedly. ·In May 1861 they moved to Warsaw, where Apollo joined the resistance against the Russian Empire. This led to his imprisonment in Pavilion X (Ten) of the Warsaw Citadel. ·On 9 May 1862 Apollo his family were exiled to Vologda, 500 kilometers north of Moscow and known for its bad climate. ·In January 1863 Apollos sentence was commuted, and the family was sent to Chernihiv in northeast Ukraine. ·On 18 April 1865 Ewa died of tuberculosis. ;Education Apollo did his best to home-school Conrad. The boys early reading introduced him to the two elements that later dominated his life: in Victor Hugos Toilers of the Sea he encountered the sphere of activity to which he would devote his youth; Shakespeare brought him into the orbit of English literature. Most of all, though, he read Polish Romantic poetry. ;On 23 May 1869, Apollo Korzeniowski died of tuberculosis.The young Conrad was placed in the care of Ewas brother, Tadeusz Bobrowski. Conrads poor health and his unsatisfactory schoolwork caused his uncle constant problems and no end of financial outlays. In the autumn of 1871, thirteen-year-old Conrad announced his intention to become a sailor. In August 1873 Bobrowski sent fifteen-year-old Conrad to Lwów to a cousin who ran a small boarding house ; group conversation there was in French. ; Though Konrad had not completed secondary