Collected Stories of Joseph Conrad

Word-of-mouth chronicles of ship captains, anarchists, aristocrats, merchants, and explorers, and his own experiences at sea provided Joseph Conrad with the raw materials from which he crafted his richly evocative short stories. Above and beyond their powerful narratives and compelling adventures, these stories vividly dramatize the political, spiritual, and moral conflicts of early twentieth century culture — man in conflict against nature, against repressive institutions and governments, and against his own expectations. With their themes of restlessness, exile, and loss, their wide-ranging exotic settings, and their international cast of characters, Conrad’s short stories transcend the mere adventurousness of sea yarns to address the complicated issues of individual freedom and duty, making him one of our essential writers. Edited and with an introduction by Samuel Hynes, and featuring a chronology of Conrad’s life, as well as the author’s own notes on the text, this is the only collection that brings together all twenty-two of Joseph Conrad’s stories.

Contents:
A Conrad Chronology
Introduction
The Idiots
Te Lagoon
An Outpost of Progress
Karain: A Memory
The Return
Youth: A Narrative
AmyFoster
To-Morrow
Gaspar Ruiz: A Romantic Tale
An Antichrist: A Desperate Tale
The Informer: An Ironic Tale
The Brute: An Indignant Tale
The Black Mate
Il Conde: A Pathetic Tale
The Secret Sharer: An Episode from the Coast
Prince Roan
The Partner
The Inn of the Two Witches: A Find
Because of the Dollars
A Warrior’s Soul
The Tale
Appendix: The Sisters
Conrad’s “Author’s Notes”
A Note on the Text
A Bibliography of the Stories