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I used to visit W. E. Henley,1 then living at Worthing. We talked one day of Lord Jim and Youth. Henley, who had never met Conrad in the flesh, remarked that Conrad was ‘about due’; he had the idea that any writer of promise (and Conrad was obviously that, and more) ought to pay him the compliment of a visit. ‘Yes,’ said Henley, ‘Conrad is a Swell: he is a damned swell; you know, I sometimes think Conrad is the damnedest swell we’ve got. Would you like to meet him?’
From ‘Some Recollections of Joseph Conrad’, Fortnightly Review, vol. CXXIV (1 Aug. 1928) pp. 203–12.
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Dawson, E. (1990). Some Recollections of Joseph Conrad. In: Ray, M. (eds) Joseph Conrad. Interviews and Recollections Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09387-8_51
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