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128 pp.
| Oxford |
November, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-19-521441-2$$22.95
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YABritish Library Writers' Lives series.
Archival photographs, color illustrations, and reproductions highlight this biography of the seaman who wrote Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness. The text, though dense and printed in unfortunately small type, similarly benefits from including many excerpts from Conrad's diaries and correspondence. A time line is included. Bib., ind.