ABSTRACT

This volume presents documents that roughly follow the chronology of Joseph Conrad's life and deliberately considers two documents that reveal surprising and important facts that Conrad had carefully concealed.

Volume I: Joseph Conrad 1. Conrad Ashore and at Sea: 1878 2. Early English and Polish Responses to Conrad 3. Conrad, Money and Food 4. The Artist has Spoken 5. Saving Conrad from Himself 6. A Man Without Either Country or Language 7. Bertrand Russell 8. Publicizing Conrad in America 9. Claiming Conrad for Poland 10. Conrad On Level Terms with Children 11. Hopes of Bagging Fritz High 12. Conrad’s Visit to America 13. Conrad at Oswalds 14. Conrad’s Death and Burial 15. Obituaries 16. John Galsworthy’s Reminiscences 17. Jessie Conrad 18. Documenting Conrad 19. Edward Garnett 20. Jocelyn Baines