Michael Greaney is Lecturer in English Literature at Lancaster University. This is his first book.

"...challenges old assumptions and engages current controversies in revelatory and rich close readings." Andrea White, California State University at Dominguez Hills, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920

• Introduction; Part I. Speech communities: 1. 'The realm of living speech': Conrad and oral community; 2. 'Murder by language': 'Falk' and Victory; 3. 'Drawing-room voices': language and space in The Arrow of Gold; Part II. Marlow: 4. Modernist storytelling: 'Youth' and 'Heart of Darkness'; 5. The scandals of Lord Jim; 6. The gender of Chance; Part III. Political communities: 7. Nostromo and anecdotal history; 8. Linguistic dystopia: The Secret Agent; 9. 'Gossip, tales, suspicions': language and paranoia in Under Western Eyes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Michael Greaney is Lecturer in English Literature at Lancaster University. This is his first book.

"...challenges old assumptions and engages current controversies in revelatory and rich close readings." Andrea White, California State University at Dominguez Hills, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920

• Introduction; Part I. Speech communities: 1. 'The realm of living speech': Conrad and oral community; 2. 'Murder by language': 'Falk' and Victory; 3. 'Drawing-room voices': language and space in The Arrow of Gold; Part II. Marlow: 4. Modernist storytelling: 'Youth' and 'Heart of Darkness'; 5. The scandals of Lord Jim; 6. The gender of Chance; Part III. Political communities: 7. Nostromo and anecdotal history; 8. Linguistic dystopia: The Secret Agent; 9. 'Gossip, tales, suspicions': language and paranoia in Under Western Eyes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Michael Greaney is Lecturer in English Literature at Lancaster University. This is his first book.

"...challenges old assumptions and engages current controversies in revelatory and rich close readings." Andrea White, California State University at Dominguez Hills, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920

• Introduction; Part I. Speech communities: 1. 'The realm of living speech': Conrad and oral community; 2. 'Murder by language': 'Falk' and Victory; 3. 'Drawing-room voices': language and space in The Arrow of Gold; Part II. Marlow: 4. Modernist storytelling: 'Youth' and 'Heart of Darkness'; 5. The scandals of Lord Jim; 6. The gender of Chance; Part III. Political communities: 7. Nostromo and anecdotal history; 8. Linguistic dystopia: The Secret Agent; 9. 'Gossip, tales, suspicions': language and paranoia in Under Western Eyes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.