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The portable Conrad / Joseph Conrad ; edited with an introduction by Michael Gorra.
- Title
- The portable Conrad / Joseph Conrad ; edited with an introduction by Michael Gorra.
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
- Publication
- New York : Penguin Books, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR6005.O4 A6 2007 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Gorra, Michael Edward
- Description
- xlvi, 702 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- 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 illusionsJoseph 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 Conrads 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.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Penguin classics
- Works. Selections. 2007
- Alternative Title
- Works. 2007
- Subject
- Fiction in English
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Sea stories
- Short stories
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [697]-702).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A calm and a storm -- Three stories -- Heart of darkness -- The secret agent -- Essays, autobiography, and letters.
- ISBN
- 9780143105114 (pbk.)
- 0143105116 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2007060130
- OCLC
- 85814311
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library