Polish-born author Joseph Conrad is best known as one of the finest prose stylists ever to have written in English. In addition to producing such masterpieces as Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, Conrad also wrote prodigiously in his private life,...
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Polish-born author Joseph Conrad is best known as one of the finest prose stylists ever to have written in English. In addition to producing such masterpieces as Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, Conrad also wrote prodigiously in his private life, producing a large body of correspondence. This fascinating collection brings together a large volume of Conrad's letters, personal essays, and other autobiographical writings
CONTENTS; Author's Note; PART I - LETTERS; Books ? 1905; Henry James ? An Appreciation ? 1905; Alphonse Daudet ? 1898; Guy de Maupassant ? 1904; Anatole France ? 1904; Turgenev ? 1917; Stephen Crane ? A Note Without Dates ? 1919; Tales of the Sea ? 1898; An Observer in Malaya ? 1898; A Happy Wanderer ? 1910; The Life Beyond ? 1910; The Ascending Effort ? 1910; The Censor of Plays ? An Appreciation ? 1907; PART II- LIFE; Autocracy and War ? 1905; The Crime of Partition ? 1919; A Note on the Polish Problem ? 1916; Poland Revisited ? 1915; First News ? 1918; Well Done ? 1918; Tradition ? 1918
Confidence ? 1919Flight ? 1917; Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic ? 1912; Certain Aspects of the Admirable Inquiry into the Loss of the Titanic ? 1912; Protection of Ocean Liners ? 1914; A Friendly Place; Endnotes;