
The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad
Edited by Frederick Davies, Laurence Karl
Joseph Conrad(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 26. January 1996
Book
Hardback
781 pages
978-0-521-32389-5 (ISBN)
Description
This fifth of eight volumes comprising all the surviving letters of Joseph Conrad covers a notable period in Conrad's life and work, and in twentieth-century history. Suffragette campaigns, the Easter Rising in Dublin, the latest in French literature, the antics of the young John Conrad, and the loss of the Titanic are all discussed. But much of this volume is dominated by the 1914-18 War. Letters from the last days of peace show Conrad finishing Chance and Victory. Later correspondence tells of the Conrads' flight from Cracow at the outbreak of war, the sight and sound of zeppelins over England, Conrad's expeditions with the Royal Naval Reserve, and the writing of The Shadow-Line, in which Conrad's memories of his own first command converge with the experience of his son Borys and other young soldiers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
12 Halftones, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
Weight
1070 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-32389-5 (9780521323895)
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Author
Editor
New York University
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
Content
List of holders of letters; Published sources of letters; Chronology, 1912-1916; Introduction to volume 5; Conrad's correspondents, 1912-1916; Editorial procedures; Letters; Silent corrections to the text; Corrigenda for volumes 1-4; Index.