The Portable Conrad

by Conrad, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780143105114
• ISBN10: 0143105116
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-27
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

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, 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 Conradfeatures 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.

Author Biography

Joseph Conrad (1857-û1924) began his literary writing career after eight years at sea, traveling to the various exotic lands that would become the backdrop of his greatest stories.
Michael Gorra is a professor of English at Smith College and the author of After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
J.H. Stape is the author of The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad.
Robert Hampson is a professor of modern literature in the Department of English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Owen Knowles is a research fellow at the University of Hull.
Michael Newton teaches at the University of Leiden.
Allan Simmons is a reader in English literature at St. Mary-'s College, Strawberry Hill.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Joseph Conrad: A Chronology
A Calm and a Storm	p. 1
The Secret Sharer: An Episode from the Coast	p. 7
Preface to The Nigger of the "Narcissus"	p. 47
The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Sea	p. 53
Three Stories	p. 177
Karain: A Memory	p. 183
Amy Foster	p. 221
The Warrior's Soul	p. 250
Heart of Darkness	p. 271
Heart of Darkness	p. 277
The Secret Agent	p. 365
Author's Note	p. 371
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale	p. 379
Essays, Autobiography, and Letters	p. 605
Autocracy and War	p. 611
Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic	p. 635
From The Mirror of the Sea, "Initiation"	p. 647
From A Personal Record	p. 656
Letters
To Marguerite Poradowska, 26 September 1890	p. 673
To Karol Zagorski, 10 March 18 96	p. 675
To R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 20 December 1897	p. 677
To Edward Garnett, 29 March 1898	p. 678
To John Galsworthy, 12 March 1899	p. 680
To R. B. Cunninghame Graham, 14 October 1899	p. 681
To William Blackwood, 31 May 1902	p. 682
To Roger Casement, 21 December 1903	p. 684
To William Rothenstein, 3 September 1904	p. 686
To J. B. Pinker, 30 July 1907	p. 686
To J. B. Pinker, 16? July 1908	p. 688
To Edward Garnett, 27 May 1912	p. 689
To John Quinn, January 1917	p. 689
To John Quinn, 6 February 1918	p. 692
To Hugh Walpole, 10 February 1922	p. 694
To C. K. Scott Moncrieff, 17 December 1922	p. 695
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 697
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