Contents

Illustrations

Maps

Preface

Acknowledgments

1.  The Polish Heritage

2.  A Polish Childhood, 1857–1874

3.  Marseilles and the Carlists, 1874–1878

4.  English Sailor, 1878–1886

5.  From Second Mate to Master, 1880–1886

6.  Eastern Voyages, 1886–1889

7.  Into the Congo, 1890

8.  Sailor to Writer, 1891–1894

9.  Courtship and Marriage, 1894–1896

10.  Literary Friendships and Artistic Breakthrough, 1897–1898

11.  Ford and Pent Farm, 1898–1902

12.  J. B. Pinker and Nostromo, 1901–1904

13.  Capri, Montpellier and The Secret Agent, 1905–1909

14.  Breakdown and Success, 1910–1913

15.  Return to Poland and Victory, 1914–1915

16.  Jane Anderson, 1916–1917

17.  The War Years, 1916–1918

18.  Fame and America, 1919–1924

Appendix I: The Later Life of Jane Anderson, 1918–1947

Appendix II: The Quest for Jane Anderson

Notes

Bibliography of Conrad

Bibliography of Jane Anderson

Index