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The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad Vol. 8

1923-1924

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad( )
Editor: Davies, Laurence
Moore, Gene M.
Author: Conrad, Joseph
Series title:The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-56197-6
Publication Date:Dec 2007
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $250.00
Book Description:

This volume covers the last nineteen months of Conrad's life. The letters are accompanied by notes on contexts, allusions, and editorial problems, and prefaced with a general introduction and biographies of the correspondents.

Book Details
Pages:498
Detailed Subjects: Literary Collections / Letters
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.772 x 8.697 x 1.248 Inches
Book Weight:1.64 Pounds
Author Biography
Conrad, Joseph. (Editor)
Joseph Conrad is recognized as one of the 20th century's greatest English language novelists.

He was born Jozef Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski on December 3, 1857, in the Polish Ukraine. His father, a writer and translator, was from Polish nobility, but political activity against Russian oppression led to his exile. Conrad was orphaned at a young age and subsequently raised by his uncle.

At 17 he went to sea, an experience that shaped the bleak view of human nature which he expressed in his fiction. In such works as Lord Jim (1900), Youth (1902), and Nostromo (1904), Conrad depicts individuals thrust by circumstances beyond their control into moral and emotional dilemmas. His novel Heart of Darkness (1902), perhaps his best known and most influential work, narrates a literal journey to the center of the African jungle. This novel inspired the acclaimed motion picture Apocalypse Now.

After the publication of his first novel, Almayer's Folly (1895), Conrad gave up the sea. He produced thirteen novels, two volumes of memoirs, and twenty-eight short stories. He died on August 3, 1924, in England.

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