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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521323895
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96505131
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad
Author
Joseph Conrad
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
781 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
224mm
Item Width
146mm
Volume
Volume 5
Item Weight
1070g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Joseph Conrad
Series Title
The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad