The Portable Conrad · Heart of Darkness, Narcissus, The Secret Agent
- Authors
- Conrad, Joseph & Gorra, Michael Edward
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Tags
- fiction , english; irish; scottish; welsh , general , classics , literary collections , english fiction , literary , espionage , european
- ISBN
- 9780143105114
- Date
- 1947-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.79 MB
- Lang
- en
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 Conrad* features 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.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Michael Gorra
Joseph conrad: A Chronology
A Calm and A Storm:
- The Secret Sharer: An Episode from the Coast
- Preface to The Nigger of Narcissus
- The Nigger of Narcissus
Three Stories:
- Karain: A Memory
- Amy Foster
- The Warrior's Soul
Heart of Darkness
The Secret Agent
Essays, Autobiography, and Letters
- Autocracy and War
- Some Reflections on the Loss of the *Titanic*
- from The Mirror of the Sea, "Initiation"
- from A Personal Record
- Letters
Suggestions for Further Reading