Victory
An Island Tale

This is the first, comprehensive and authoritative critical edition of Conrad's novel Victory: An Island Tale (1915).

Joseph Conrad (Author), J. H. Stape (Edited by), Alexandre Fachard (Edited by), Richard Niland (Introduction by), Aaron Zacks (Assisted by)

9781107101616, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 12 May 2016

971 pages, 9 b/w illus. 1 map
22.2 x 14.5 x 5.9 cm, 1.31 kg

'While all of the volumes to appear to date in The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad have been a great addition to the scholarly community interested in the works of Conrad, it may be that this edition of Victory is the most valuable book yet produced.' John Peters, English Literature in Transition

Published in 1915, Victory: An Island Tale holds a special place in Conrad's later writings as a bold experiment in genre. The novel variously draws upon realism, allegory and melodrama to explore large themes: commitment and solidarity, the individual's relationship to society and the power of love. The Introduction situates the novel in Conrad's career and traces its sources and contemporary reception. The essay on the text and the apparatus lay out the history of the work's composition and publication, and detail the extensive interventions by Conrad's typists, compositors and editors. Also included are notes explaining literary and historical references, a glossary of nautical terms, illustrations including pictures of early drafts, and appendixes. Established through modern textual scholarship, this edition of Victory presents the novel in a form more authoritative than any so far printed, and restores a text that has circulated in highly defective forms since its original publication.

General editors' preface
Chronology
Abbreviations and note on editions
Introduction
Victory: An Island Tale
The texts: an essay
Apparatus
Textual notes
Appendices
Explanatory notes
Glossaries
Map.

Subject Areas: Classic fiction [pre c 1945 FC], Literary reference works [DSR], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: from c 1900 - [DSBH]