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THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS: A Tale of the Sea
by Conrad, Joseph
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1898. First UK edition. His third book, partly based on his experiences during a voyage from Bombay to London. Published the prior year in U.S. as CHILDREN OF THE SEA (reportedly not because the title might be offensive to readers but because the publisher's feared a book about a black man may not sell as well.) Only 1,519 copies total issued of this UK edition in three bindings, this one being the third, with letters in publisher's name at base of spine uniform and 32-page catalog headed by Harold Frederick's ILLUMINATION [Cagle A3c(1)c]. Good to very good with spine a little darkened, spine lettering slightly dulled and rubbed, tiny chips to cloth at spine ends, and endpapers darkened.
Synopsis
Joseph Conrad (originally Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. His parents, ardent Polish patriots, died when he was a child, following their exile for anti-Russian activities, and he came under the protection of his tradition-conscious uncle, Thaddeus Bobrowski, who watched over him for the next twenty-five years. In 1874 Bobrowski conceded to his nephew's passionate desire to go to sea, and Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality and his Master's certificate in the British Merchant Service. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly , in 1895. The following year he married Jessie George and eventually settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth , Heart of Darkness , Lord Jim , Typhoon , Nostromo , The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes . He continued to write until his death in 1924. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in English—his third language. He once described himself as being concerned 'with the ideal value of things, events and people'; in the Preface to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' he defined his task as 'by the power of the written word ... before all, to make you see'.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53745
- Title
- THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS: A Tale of the Sea
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1898
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