Conrad loved literature, a spark he perhaps inherited from his father, Apollo Korzeniowski, a Polish aristocratic literary critic and poet. As a small boy, Conrad's father taught him to read French and Polish translations of English literature. However, Conrad’s childhood turned tumultuous after both of his parents died from Tuberculosis, and following their death Conrad was sent to live in Switzerland with his mother’s brother, Tadeusz Bobrowski. In his early years, Conrad bounced between schools and struggled with his education until his Uncle Bobrowski insisted that Conrad attend school at Kraków, Poland, “Conrad's education was erratic: He was first tutored by his literary father, then attended school in Krakow and received further private
