The Portable Conrad

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