JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924), born Jozef Konrad
Korzeniowskl, lived his formative years under Russian, rule. He rarely spoke about this period or about Russia, but Russian themes and the influence of Russian writers permeate his work. Professor Lucjan Lewitter , Professor of Slavonic Studies at Cambridge, traces Conrad's Russian rrnncction and offers some insights into his best-known novels.