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Conrad also challenges us with the unrealiability of the narrator. The quick perspective switches from first person to omniscient are jarring at points and undercut the validity of the narrator. The journal itself, if the narrator really used it, is also of questionable reliability. We are left wondering how much of this story is “true” and how much is distorted or made up.
One other thing of interest - While writing this novel, Conrad had a nervous breakdown that lasted for weeks during which he talked with the novel’s characters in Polish.
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