Joseph Conrad

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spent a day finding the mot Juste: then killed it.

is a writer whom reading is like gargling with broken glass.

is the wreck of Robert Louis Stevenson floating about on the slip-slop of Henry James.

the wreck of Robert Louis Stevenson floating about on the slip-slop of Henry James.

is a poor writer with a souvenir shop style, and bottled ships, and shell necklaces of romanticist cliches.

I cannot abide Conrad's souvenir shop style and bottled ships and shell necklaces of romanticist cliches.