The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad E-Book

Joseph Conrad

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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 13700 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Heart of Darkness • The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale • Lord Jim • The Secret Sharer • Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard • The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle • Youth, a Narrative • Tales of Unrest • Typhoon • Under Western Eyes • The Shadow Line: A Confession • A Set of Six • The Mirror of the Sea • Victory: An Island Tale • Heart of Darkness • One Day More: A Play In One Act • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts • Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River • A Book of PrefacesH. L. Mencken • 'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales • An Outcast of the Islands • The Point Of Honor: A Military Tale • Amy Foster • Notes on Life & Letters • Old and New MastersRobert Lynd • The End of the Tether • The Inheritors and Ford Madox Ford • A Personal Record • The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows • Tales Of Hearsay • The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes • Within the Tides: Tales • To-morrow • Falk: A Reminiscence • Romance and Ford Madox Ford • The Secret Agent • Notes on My Books • Heart of Darkness • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts • Gaspar Ruiz • Youth, a Narrative • Some Reminiscences • A Smile of Fortune • The Secret Sharer • Freya of the Seven Isles • THE WARRIOR'S SOUL • PRINCE ROMAN • THE TALE • THE BLACK MATE •.etc.

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Table of Contents

HEART OF DARKNESS

I

II

III

NOSTROMO

A TALE OF THE SEABOARD

"So foul a sky clears not without a storm." —SHAKESPEARE

TO JOHN GALSWORTHY

Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE

NOSTROMO

PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

PART SECOND THE ISABELS

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

LORD JIM

AUTHOR'S NOTE

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 21

CHAPTER 22

CHAPTER 23

CHAPTER 24

CHAPTER 25

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 27

CHAPTER 28

CHAPTER 29

CHAPTER 30

CHAPTER 31

CHAPTER 32

CHAPTER 33

CHAPTER 34

CHAPTER 35

CHAPTER 36

CHAPTER 37

CHAPTER 38

CHAPTER 39

CHAPTER 40

CHAPTER 41

CHAPTER 42

CHAPTER 43

CHAPTER 44

CHAPTER 45

HEART OF DARKNESS

By Joseph Conrad

Contents

I

II

III

THE INHERITORS

MCMI

THE INHERITORS

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

GASPAR RUIZ

Contents

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

CHANCE—A TALE IN TWO PARTS

PART I—THE DAMSEL

CHAPTER ONE—YOUNG POWELL AND HIS CHANCE

CHAPTER TWO—THE FYNES AND THE GIRL-FRIEND

CHAPTER THREE—THRIFT—AND THE CHILD

CHAPTER FOUR—THE GOVERNESS

CHAPTER FIVE—THE TEA-PARTY

CHAPTER SIX—FLORA

CHAPTER SEVEN—ON THE PAVEMENT

PART II—THE KNIGHT

CHAPTER ONE—THE FERNDALE

CHAPTER TWO—YOUNG POWELL SEES AND HEARS

CHAPTER THREE—DEVOTED SERVANTS—AND THE LIGHT OF A FLARE

CHAPTER FOUR—ANTHONY AND FLORA

CHAPTER FIVE—THE GREAT DE BARRAL

CHAPTER SIX—. . . A MOONLESS NIGHT, THICK WITH STARS ABOVE, VERY DARK ON THE WATER

THE END OF THE TETHER

Contents

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

XII

XIII

XIV

THE ARROW OF GOLD

FIRST NOTE

PART ONE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

PART TWO

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

PART THREE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

PART FOUR

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

PART FIVE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

SECOND NOTE

MODERN ESSAYS

PREFACE

AMERICAN LITERATURE By John Macy

MARY WHITE By WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE

NIAGARA FALLS By Rupert Brooke

THE ALMOST PERFECT STATE By Don Marquis

I

II

"THE MAN-O'-WAR'S 'ER 'USBAND" By David W. Bone

THE MARKET By William Mcfee

HOLY IRELAND By Joyce Kilmer

A FAMILIAR PREFACE By Joseph Conrad

ON DRAWING By A. P. Herbert

O. HENRY By O. W. Firkins

THE MOWING OF A FIELD By Hilaire Belloc

THE STUDENT LIFE By WILLIAM OSLER

THE DECLINE OF THE DRAMA By Stephen Leacock

AMERICA AND THE ENGLISH TRADITION By Harry Morgan Ayres

THE RUSSIAN QUARTER By Thomas Burke

A WORD FOR AUTUMN By A. A. Milne

"A CLERGYMAN" By Max Beerbohm

SAMUEL BUTLER: DIOGENES OF THE VICTORIANS By Stuart P. Sherman

BED-BOOKS AND NIGHT-LIGHTS By H. M. Tomlinson

THE PRECEPT OF PEACE By Louise Imogen Guiney

ON LYING AWAKE AT NIGHT By Stewart Edward White

A WOODLAND VALENTINE By Marian Storm

THE ELEMENTS OF POETRY By George Santayana

NOCTURNE By Simeon Strunsky

BEER AND CIDER By George Saintsbury

A FREE MAN'S WORSHIP By Bertrand Russell

SOME HISTORIANS By Philip Guedalla

WINTER MIST By Robert Palfrey Utter

TRIVIA By Logan Pearsall Smith

BEYOND LIFE By James Branch Cabell

THE FISH REPORTER By Robert Cortes Holliday

SOME NONSENSE ABOUT A DOG By Harry Esty Dounce

THE FIFTY-FIRST DRAGON By Heywood Broun

THE NIGGER of THE NARCISSUS

A TALE OF THE FORECASTLE BY JOSEPH CONRAD

COPYRIGHT, 1897, 1914, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY TO EDWARD GARNETT THIS TALE ABOUT MY FRIENDS OF THE SEA

TO MY READERS IN AMERICA

Contents

PREFACE

THE NIGGER OF THE "NARCISSUS"

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

NOTES ON LIFE & LETTERS

NOTES ON MY BOOKS

BY

JOSEPH CONRAD

CONTENTS

NOTES ON MY BOOKS

ALMAYER'S FOLLY

AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS

NIGGER OF THE 'NARCISSUS'

TO MY READERS IN AMERICA

PREFACE

TALES OF UNREST

LORD JIM

YOUTH

TYPHOON

NOSTROMO

MIRROR OF THE SEA

THE SECRET AGENT

A SET OF SIX

UNDER WESTERN EYES

A PERSONAL RECORD

A FAMILIAR PREFACE

A PERSONAL RECORD

TWIXT LAND AND SEA

CHANCE

WITHIN THE TIDES

NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION

VICTORY

THE SHADOW-LINE

ARROW OF GOLD

FIRST NOTE

THE RESCUE

NOTES ON LIFE AND LETTERS

AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS

by Joseph Conrad

Pues el delito mayor Del hombre es haber nacito CALDERON

TO EDWARD LANCELOT SANDERSON

Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE

AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS

PART I

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

PART II

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

PART III

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

PART IV

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

PART V

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

A PERSONAL RECORD

By Joseph Conrad

Contents

A FAMILIAR PREFACE

A PERSONAL RECORD

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

THE RESCUE

A ROMANCE OF THE SHALLOWS

By Joseph Conrad

Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE

AUTHOR'S NOTE

PART I. THE MAN AND THE BRIG

PART II. THE SHORE OF REFUGE

PART III. THE CAPTURE

PART IV. THE GIFT OF THE SHALLOWS

PART V. THE POINT OF HONOUR AND THE POINT OF PASSION

PART VI. THE CLAIM OF LIFE AND THE TOLL OF DEATH

ROMANCE

By Joseph Conrad and F. M. Hueffer

TO ELSIE AND JESSIE

PART FIRST — THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

PART SECOND — THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

PART THIRD — CASA RIEGO

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

PART FOURTH — BLADE AND GUITAR

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

PART FIFTH — THE LOT OF MAN

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

THE SECRET SHARER

By Joseph Conrad

Contents

I

II

A SET OF SIX

By Joseph Conrad

TO MISS M. H. M. CAPES

Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE

A SET OF SIX

GASPAR RUIZ

THE INFORMER

AN IRONIC TALE

THE BRUTE

AN INDIGNANT TALE

AN ANARCHIST

A DESPERATE TALE

THE DUEL

A MILITARY TALE

IL CONDE

A PATHETIC TALE

THE SHADOW-LINE

A CONFESSION

By Joseph Conrad

"Worthy of my undying regard"

Contents

PART ONE

I

II

III

PART TWO

IV

V

VI

THE POINT OF HONOR

A MILITARY TALE

BY

JOSEPH CONRAD

Contents

I

II

III

IV

ONE DAY MORE

SOME REMINISCENCES

By Joseph Conrad

Contents

A Familiar Preface.

Chapter I.

Chapter II.

Chapter III.

Chapter IV.

Chapter V.

Chapter VI.

Chapter VII.

TALES OF HEARSAY

BY JOSEPH CONRAD

COPYRIGHT, 1911, 1917, 1918, BY THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE CO. GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

Contents

THE WARRIOR'S SOUL (1917)

PRINCE ROMAN (1911)

THE TALE (1917)

THE BLACK MATE (1884)

TALES OF UNREST

By Joseph Conrad

"Be it thy course to being giddy minds With foreign quarrels." —SHAKESPEARE

TO ADOLF P. KRIEGER FOR THE SAKE OF OLD DAYS

Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE

TALES OF UNREST

KARAIN, A MEMORY

THE IDIOTS

AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS

THE RETURN

THE LAGOON

YOUTH

A NARRATIVE

By Joseph Conrad

TO MY WIFE

YOUTH

VICTORY: AN ISLAND TALE

TYPHOON

By Joseph Conrad

Far as the mariner on highest mast Can see all around upon the calmed vast, So wide was Neptune's hall . . . — KEATS

Contents

AUTHOR'S NOTE

TYPHOON

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

’TWIXT LAND & SEA TALES

CONTENTS

p. 1A SMILE OF FORTUNEHARBOUR STORY

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

p. 99THE SECRET SHARERAN EPISODE FROM THE COAST

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

p. 161FREYA OF THE SEVEN ISLESA STORY OF SHALLOW WATERS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

UNDER WESTERN EYES

by JOSEPH CONRAD

Contents

PART FIRST

PART SECOND

PART THIRD

PART FOUR

WITHIN THE TIDES

Contents

p. 3THE PLANTER OF MALATA

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

p. 119THE PARTNER

p. 175THE INN OF THE TWO WITCHESa find

p. 223BECAUSE OF THE DOLLARS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

First Edition

HEART OF DARKNESS

I

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.

The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. A haze rested on the low shores that ran out to sea in vanishing flatness. The air was dark above Gravesend, and farther back still seemed condensed into a mournful gloom, brooding motionless over the biggest, and the greatest, town on earth.

The Director of Companies was our captain and our host. We four affectionately watched his back as he stood in the bows looking to seaward. On the whole river there was nothing that looked half so nautical. He resembled a pilot, which to a seaman is trustworthiness personified. It was difficult to realize his work was not out there in the luminous estuary, but behind him, within the brooding gloom.

Between us there was, as I have already said somewhere, the bond of the sea. Besides holding our hearts together through long periods of separation, it had the effect of making us tolerant of each other's yarns—and even convictions. The Lawyer—the best of old fellows—had, because of his many years and many virtues, the only cushion on deck, and was lying on the only rug. The Accountant had brought out already a box of dominoes, and was toying architecturally with the bones. Marlow sat cross-legged right aft, leaning against the mizzen-mast. He had sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back, an ascetic aspect, and, with his arms dropped, the palms of hands outwards, resembled an idol. The Director, satisfied the anchor had good hold, made his way aft and sat down amongst us. We exchanged a few words lazily. Afterwards there was silence on board the yacht. For some reason or other we did not begin that game of dominoes. We felt meditative, and fit for nothing but placid staring. The day was ending in a serenity of still and exquisite brilliance. The water shone pacifically; the sky, without a speck, was a benign immensity of unstained light; the very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric, hung from the wooded rises inland, and draping the low shores in diaphanous folds. Only the gloom to the west, brooding over the upper reaches, became more somber every minute, as if angered by the approach of the sun.