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New. Of Joseph Conrad, H.L. Mencken has written: 'There was something almost suggesting the vastness of a natural phenomenon. He transcended all the rules. There have been perhaps, greater novelists, but I believe that he was incomparably the greatest artist whoever wrote a novel.' Originally published in 1957, the year of the centenary of Conrad's birth, and although he was firmly established among the world's great literary figures, little was known about him generally, beyond the fact that he was himself once a sailor, and that the language he handled with such mastery was not the one to which he was born. This was described as the definitive biography, written by one of Conrad's closest friends, to whom the novelist willed his personal papers. It took many years to prepare and the author travelled extensively in the lands that Conrad knew and wrote about. He writes with clarity, compassion and understanding of Conrad's childhood in Russia (where the father was exiled for… Read More

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; First published in 1957, the year of the centenary of Conrad’s birth, this was described as the definitive biography, written by one of Conrad’s closest friends, to whom the novelist willed his personal papers. This is a record of t

Routledge, 2022. Paperback. New. 322 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.79 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.