The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad

This volume brings together the complete correspondence dating from the last nineteen months of Conrad's life.

Joseph Conrad (Author), Laurence Davies (Edited by), Gene M. Moore (Edited by)

9780521561976, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 December 2007

498 pages, 11 b/w illus.
22.3 x 14.8 x 3.2 cm, 0.746 kg

'What is so remarkable about these late letters is their energy, freshness and originality … We turn to the letters, as to the fiction and essays, in order to experience a vanished world and to understand better the mind and temperament that transited to contemporary and future generations those values on which the health of human society depends … In previous reviews of volumes in the magnificent Cambridge University Press The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad this reviewer has paid tribute to the edition, which is unrivalled for clarity, precision of presentation, and accuracy of scholarship. In addition to the meticulous editing of the letters themselves, the supporting documentation are nothing less than superb. … The achievement of Laurence Davies and his co-editors in [this] volume, as in the earlier ones, is beyond praise.' Mara Kalnins, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Volume Eight of Conrad's collected letters covers the last nineteen months of his life (1923-24). Much of this correspondence is unpublished; its editors have had access to the major private collections as well as holdings in public and academic libraries. The letters themselves are accompanied by notes on contexts, allusions, and editorial problems, and prefaced with a general introduction and biographies of the correspondents. Letters to his family written during his visit to the United States are a notable feature of this collection, which is also rich in comments on literary questions, current events, his experiences at sea, the reception of The Rover, and work on his unfinished novel, Suspense.

Acknowledgments
List of holders of letters
Published sources of letters
Other frequently cited works
Chronology, 1923-1924
Introduction to Volume Eight
Conrad's correspondents, 1923-1924
Editorial procedures
Letters
Silent corrections to the text
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Biography: general [BG]