Notes on Life and Letters (Unabridged)

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.

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) est l'une des plus grandes figures de la littérature anglaise moderne.
A cause des dollars, court drame parfaitement construit, vient clore avec Le Planteur de Malata et Les Idiots la parution chez Autrement de la presque totalité de son oeuvre.