Conrad's Heart of Darkness

After service in the Royal Navy, Cedric Watts read English at Cambridge University, taking his BA (Class 1), MA and Ph.D. there. He has taught at Sussex University since 1965, and is currently Emeritus Professor of English. His publications include 18 critical and scholarly books, notably A Preface to Conrad, The Deceptive Text and Literature and Money; and he has edited 34 volumes of material by Shakespeare, Conrad, Thomas Hardy and others. Edward Said praised Watts as "a man for whom the enjoyment and enrichment of friends and students are the main considerations in what he does".