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A Personal Record is a "fragment of biography", an autobiographical work by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912. It is also a masterpiece of atmospheric writing and the main contemporary source to detail his early life. Conrad, Polish by birth, who goes on to become one of the greatest novelists of the English language, describes his childhood and adolescence, discusses his forebears, one of whom fought on the side of Napoleon and ate a Lithuanian dog, the exile of his parents, the death of his mother and his relationship with his Uncle Tadeusz.

أحمد خالد توفيق، العراب كما يُلقّب، هو واحد من أبرز الكتاب العرب في مجال أدب الرعب والخيال العلمي وأدب الشباب. وقد ترك إرثًا أدبيًا غنيًا من الروايات والقصص القصيرة التي حظيت بشعبية واسعة في العالم العربي.