Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Penguin Classics (1993), Paperback, 192 pages
Description
Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML: Although Joseph Conrad was Polish by birth and did not become a fluent speaker of English until well into adulthood, he achieved unparalleled heights of literary mastery in his adopted tongue and is now widely regarded as one the masters of twentieth-century fiction. This collection of short stories is a comprehensive collection of Conrad's early and mid-career fiction..
User reviews
LibraryThing member mahallett
sometimes i love j.c. sometimes i can't focus. him or me?
LibraryThing member soylentgreen23
Perhaps, after all, it's as a short story writer that I most love Conrad. This collection of four tales is superb, each one finely crafted and leaping from the page. If you've read 'Victory' and wondered what the fuss is about Joseph Conrad, this is a much better book to turn to.
Language
Original publication date
1915
Physical description
176 p.; 8.8 inches
ISBN
0140180656 / 9780140180657