I am looking for any biographies on Joseph Conrad's father, Apollo
Korzeniowski, that are available in English. Specific information I
need: the dates between which Apollo attended St. Petersburg
University; any references to attending meetings of the Palm-Durov,
Petrashevsky or Maikov political circles, and any references to
encounters with the writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 04 Dec 2003 17:54 PST

Hello covavoo-ga,

Thanks for your interesting question.  You seemed to have amassed a
considerable amount of detail already about Apollo Korzeniowski.  It
would be helpful if you could let us know what your main sources of
information have been, so that we don't go and dig up sources that you
already are familiar with.

Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 08 Dec 2003 15:32 PST

In particular, there is at least one biography of Joseph Conrad, out
of the several in print, that spends about 20 pages or so on the known
details of his father's life.  Are these biographies among the sources
you are already familiar with?