Jan 3, 2010
The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad | The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad
At a glance:
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- 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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