Joseph Conrad
Subtitle: a life
By: Zdzisław Najder ; translated by Halina Najder.
Publisher: Camden House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rochester, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 745
ISBN-13: 9781571133472
Subjects: Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924.; Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Knowledge -- Poland.; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.; Poland -- In literature.
Genres: Biography.
Work titles: Życie Conrada-Korzeniowskiego.
Description: " This new, extensively revised edition presents a wealth of new material from recently-opened former eastern-bloc archives. There is new material on Conrad's father's genealogy and his role in Polish politics; Conrad's service in the French and British merchant marines; his early English reading and correspondence; his experiences in the Congo; the circumstances of writing his memoirs, and much more. In addition, several aspects of Conrad's life and works are more thoroughly analyzed: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; his attitude toward socialism, his reaction to the reception of his books" -- publisher website (August 2007).
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Joseph Conrad, a chronicle. c1983.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: In the shadow of alien ghosts, 1857-1874; title: In Marseilles, 1874-1878; title: The Red ensign, 1878-1886; title: Master in the British merchant marine, 1886-1890; title: To the end of the night, 1890; title: The sail and the pen, 1891-1894; title: Work and romance, 1894-1896; title: Strivings, experiments, doubts : 1896-1898; title: Ford, the pent, and Jim : 1898-1900; title: Difficult maturity, 1900-1904; title: Uphill, 1904-1909; title: Crisis and success, 1910-1914; title: Voyage to Poland, 1914; title: The war and the memories, 1914-1919; title: Hope and resignation, 1919-1924.