The Portable Conrad (Viking Portable Library) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140150331 ISBN 13: 9780140150339

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1977

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

"This is the best one-volume selection of Conrad available. Michael Gorra's learned and acute introduction puts both Conrad, and Conrad criticism, in essential context."
-James Wood

About the Author:

Joseph Conrad's major works (all published by Penguin Classics) include Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Lord Jim,Under Western Eyes, The Secret Agent and Typhoon.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0140150331
• ISBN 13: 9780140150339
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Gorra Michael