The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Jósef Teodor Konrad Na& Korzeniowski
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Letters
- Time of Work: 1903-1907
- Setting: England; Capri, Italy; Montpellier, France; and Geneva, Switzerland
- Principal Characters: Joseph Conrad, Jessie Conrad, Borys Conrad, John Conrad, H. G. Wells, John Galsworthy, Ford Madox Ford, James Brand Pinker, Edward Garnett, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, William Rothenstein, Henry-Durand Davray
- Genres: Nonfiction, Letters
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Novelists, England or English people, Letter writing, Sea or seafaring life, Poland or Polish people, 1900’s
- Locales: England, Geneva, Switzerland, Capri, Italy, Montpellier, France
Seaman and writer, public figure and family man, native of Poland and adopted son of England, Joseph Conrad, in a letter to a fellow émigré, aptly described himself as “homo duplex.” As the third volume in his collected letters reveals, this complex dualism tormented his life while it enriched his writings. During this period, from 1903 to 1907, Conrad's letters show him struggling with the difficulties of considering himself always an outsider while coming to appreciate the advantages of his unique double angle of vision. These letters, always interesting but sometimes enigmatic,...
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