Portable Conrad

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

A great novelist of the sea, a poet of the tropics, a critic of empire and analyst of globalization, a harbinger of the modern spy novel, and an unparalleled observer of the moments in which people are stripped of their illusions, Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. This revised edition of "The Portable Conrad" features the best known and most enduring of Conrad's works, including "The Secret Agent", "Heart of Darkness", and "The Nigger of the "Narcissus"", as well as shorter tales like "Amy Forster" and "The Secret Sharer", a selection of letters, and his observations on the sinking of the Titanic.

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Utgivningsdatum:2008-01-31
Mått:148 x 189 x 34 mm
Vikt:508 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:752
Förlag:Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:9780143105114

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Joseph Conrad (originally Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857. In 1886 he obtained British nationality and his Master's certificate in the British Merchant Service. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. He produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924. Michael Gorra is a professor of English at Smith College. His books include The Bells in Their Silence: Travels Through Germany and After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie.

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"This is the best one-volume selection of Conrad available. Michael Gorra's learned and acute introduction puts both Conrad, and Conrad criticism, in essential context."-James Wood

Innehållsförteckning

The Portable ConradAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Michael GorraJoseph Conrad: A ChronologyI. A Calm and a StormThe Secret Sharer: An Episode from the CoastPreface to The Nigger of the "Narcissus"The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the SeaII. Three StoriesKarain: A MemoryAmy FosterThe Warrior's SoulIII. Heart of DarknessHeart of DarknessIV. The Secret AgentAuthor's NoteThe Secret Agent: A Simple TaleV. Essays, Autobiography, and LettersAutocracy and WarSome Reflections on the Loss of the TitanicFROM The Mirror of the Sea, "Initiation"FROM A Personal RecordLettersTo Marguerite Poradowska, 26 September 1890To Carol Zagorski, 10 March 1896To R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 20 December 1897To Edward Garnett, 29 March 1898To John Galsworthy, 12 March 1899To R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 14 October 1899To William Blackwood, 31 May 1902To Roger Casement, 21 December 1903To William Rothenstein, 3 September 1904To J. B. Pinker, 30 July 1907To J. B. Pinker, 16? July 1908To Edward Garnett, 27 May 1912To John Quinn, January 1917To John Quinn, 6 February 1918To Hugh Walpole, 10 February 1922To C. K. Scott Moncrieff, 17 December 1922Suggestions for Further Reading