The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad 9 Volume Hardback Set

The standard autorised edition now complete and available as a nine-volume set.

Joseph Conrad (Author), Laurence Davies (Edited by)

9780521881906, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 13 March 2008

5000 pages, 84 b/w illus.
22.2 x 28.5 x 17.7 cm, 8.8 kg

Review of the series: 'The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad … is an unprecedented project for modern English letters. It is a great credit to [Cambridge University Press] that it has made possible a formidable body of finely researched and authoritative editions.' Anthony Fothergill, Review 19 (nbol-19.org)

This landmark nine-volume set offers the complete letters of Joseph Conrad in the highly acclaimed authorised Cambridge edition. Starting with his earliest letters to his imprisoned father and following through his adult careers at sea and as a writer, and his experiences as lover, husband, friend, and parent, these volumes allow scholars to read Conrad's life in his own words. The first eight volumes present over four thousand letters in chronological order. The final volume includes, as well as a cumulative index to the edition, more than two hundred newly available letters, adding fresh nuances and complexities to the remarkable story of his life and work. In each volume, extensive explanatory notes and invaluable introductions illuminate the context of his work and times. This edition has become a standard reference work for all scholars and students of Conrad, and will retain its importance for generations to come.

Volume 1: 1861–1897 Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies
Volume 2: 1898–1902 Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies
Volume 3: 1903–1907 Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies
Volume 4: 1908–1911 Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies
Volume 5: 1912–1916 Frederick Karl and Laurence Davies
Volume 6: 1917–1919 Laurence Davies, Frederick R. Karl and Owen Knowles
Volume 7: 1920–1922 Laurence Davies and J. H. Stape
Volume 8: 1923–1924 Laurence Davies and Gene M. Moore
Volume 9: Uncollected letters and indexes Laurence Davies, Owen Knowles, Gene M. Moore and J. H. Stape.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]