Joseph Conrad: a biography 9780815411123

Polish heritage -- Polish childhood, 1857-1874 -- Marseilles and the Carlists, 1874-1878 -- English sailor, 1878-1886 --

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Joseph Conrad: a biography
 9780815411123

Table of contents :
Polish heritage --
Polish childhood, 1857-1874 --
Marseilles and the Carlists, 1874-1878 --
English sailor, 1878-1886 --
From second mate to master, 1880-1886 --
Eastern voyages, 1886-1889 --
Into the Congo, 1890 --
Sailor to writer, 1891-1894 --
Courtship and marriage, 1894-1896 --
Literary friendships and artistic breakthrough, 1897-1898 --
Ford and Pent Farm, 1898-1902 --
J.B. Pinker and Nostromo, 1901-1904 --
Capri, Montipellier and The Secret Agent, 1905-1909 --
Breakdown and success, 1910-1913 --
Return to Poland and Victory, 1914-1915 --
Jane Anderson, 1916-1917 --
War years, 1916-1918 --
Fame and America, 1919-1924 --
Appendixes: Later life of Jane Anderson, 1918-1947
Quest for Jane Anderson.

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