The Portable Conrad

A great novelist of the sea, a poet of the tropics, a critic of empire and analyst of globalization, a harbinger of the modern spy novel, an unparalleled observer of the moments in which people are stripped of their illusions—Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. This revised edition of The Portable Conradfeatures the best known and most enduring of Conrad’s works, including The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness, and The Nigger of the Narcissus,”as well as shorter tales like Amy Forster”and The Secret Sharer,”a selection of letters, and his observations on the sinking of the Titanic.

Joseph Conrad (1857-û1924) began his literary writing career after eight years at sea, traveling to the various exotic lands that would become the backdrop of his greatest stories.
Michael Gorra is a professor of English at Smith College and the author of After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
J.H. Stape is the author of The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad.
Robert Hampson is a professor of modern literature in the Department of English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Owen Knowles is a research fellow at the University of Hull.
Michael Newton teaches at the University of Leiden.
Allan Simmons is a reader in English literature at St. Mary-'s College, Strawberry Hill.