Notes on Life and Letters
(0 User reviews)
89
1921
English
- Author's Note
- Books — 1905
- Henry James — An Appreciation — 1905
- Alphonse Daudet — 1905
- Guy de Maupassant — 1904
- Anatole France — 1904
- Turgenev — 1917
- Stephen Crane — A Note Without Dates — 1919
- Tales of the Sea — 1898
- An Observer In Malaya — 1898
- A Happy Wanderer — 1910
- The Life Beyond — 1910
- The Ascending Effort — 1910
- The Censor of Plays — An Appreciation — 1907
- Autocracy and War — 1905
- The Crime of Partition — 1919
- A Note on the Polish Problem — 1916
- Poland Revisited — 1915
- First News — 1918
- Well Done — 1918
- Tradition — 1918
- Confidence — 1919
- Flight — 1917
- Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic — 1912
- Certain Aspects of the Admirable Inquiry into the Loss of the Titanic — 1912
- Protection of Ocean Liners — 1914
- A Friendly Place — 1914
Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conrad reminiscent, Conrad controversial", but never Conrad "with his boots off". He is particularly passionate when writing on Russian autocracy, on Poland's under-appreciated past and its hopes for the future, and on the self-serving blather of promoters loudly proclaiming that the sinking of the Titanic held no lessons for anyone but that the vessel should have had fewer lifeboats, and that her captain should have aimed to strike any iceberg head on. There are quieter, more tender recollections here too, including Conrad's appreciation of Stephen Crane, whom Conrad knew personally and liked very much, and a moving account of his return to Poland after a long absence at the very moment the Great War was breaking out. (Summary by Peter Dann)
There are no reviews for this eBook.
There are no comments for this eBook.
You must log in to post a comment.
Log in
