One writes only half the book; the other half is with the reader.

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One writes only half the book; the other half is with the reader.

Joseph Conrad

1897

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1897

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Joseph Conrad

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Conrad, Joseph. Joseph Conrad's Letters to R. B. Cunninghame Graham. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Conrad, Joseph. Letter to Cunninghame Graham. 5 Aug. 1897.

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