{ "item_title" : "Some Reminiscence", "item_author" : [" Joseph Conrad "], "item_description" : "A Personal Record is an autobiographical work (or fragment of biography) by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912.It has also been published under the titles A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences and Some Reminiscences.Notoriously unreliable and digressive in structure, it is nonetheless the principal contemporary source for information about the author's life. citation needed] It tells about his schooling in Russian Poland, his sailing in Marseille, the influence of his uncle Tadeusz Bobrowski, and the writing of Almayer's Folly.It provides a glimpse of how Conrad wished to be seen by his British public, as well as being an atmospheric work of art. citation needed] The Familiar Preface Conrad wrote for it includes the often quoted lines. Those who read me know my conviction that the world, the temporal world, rests on a few very simple ideas; so simple that they must be as old as the hills. It rests notably, among others, on the idea of Fidelity.Conrad wrote a new 'Author's Note' to A Personal Record for the Doubleday collected edition of his works in which he discussed his friendship with the British colonial official and writer Hugh Clifford.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/35/584/352/9355843526_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "12.99", "online_price" : "12.99", "our_price" : "12.99", "club_price" : "12.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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