New Joseph Conrad StoriesA SET OF SIXContaining five short stories never before published in America and “The Duel,” formerly published as “The Point of Honor”The publication of this volume for the first time in the American Edition of Conrad’s works is in response to an interest that is rapidly making the name and work of Joseph Conrad known everywhere.It marks the full turn of the tide in favor of this wonderful Polish-English writer.The stories included are:GASPAR RUIZ—A Romantic TaleTHE INFORMER—An Ironic TaleTHE BRUTE—An Indignant TaleAN ANARCHIST—A Desperate TaleTHE DUEL—A Military TaleIL CONDE—A Pathetic TaleFive of these are practically unknown to American readers. Of “The Duel,” (formerly “The Point of Honor”) Mr. Curle, in his critical work on Joseph Conrad writes:“It is a work of wide imaginative impulse—a wonderful reconstruction of the Napoleonic atmosphere. As a sustained effort in Conrad’s sardonic later style it is unmatched.”Now Ready in the “Deep Sea” Limp Leather Edition of Conrad. Net, $1.50; in cloth, net, $1.35Other Volumes in the “Deep Sea Edition” of ConradBound in rich sea-blue limp leatherChance“‘Chance’ is a book that could have been written by no one but a master—a book which it is well nigh a duty for every lover of good writing to read.”—Basil King, author of “The Inner Shrine,” etc.YouthContains “Youth,” “Heart of Darkness,” and “End of the Tether.”“To read it is in some sense to live again, and that, I think, is the highest praise that can be laid upon a work of the imagination.”—Henry L. Mencken.Lord Jim“‘Lord Jim’ is the greatest psychological study of cowardice that I have ever read.”—David Belasco.The Nigger of the Narcissus“The sea, in his hands, fades to a background—sometimes smooth and blue—sometimes white and furious—but always a background against which are silhouetted the haunting figures in which he interprets man’s endless struggle.”—ChicagoEvening Post.’Twixt Land and SeaAND TWO OTHER SEA STORIES“Mr. Conrad has never painted more vivid scenes of nature or looked more deeply into the hearts of his characters than in this moving book.”—The Outlook.Almayer’s Folly, and An Outcast of the IslandsMr. Conrad’s first and second novels“The figures in these books live for us, and above and beyond them are the power of presentment, the marvellous faculty for the absolute creation of atmosphere, the genius for description, and the individual, finished style which these, Mr. Conrad’s earliest works, display.”—SirHugh Clifford, K.C.M.G., in theNorth American Review.FalkContains “Falk,” “Amy Foster,” and “To-morrow.”“‘Falk’ leaves one inclined to declare that the writing of that one story would be sufficient to place him among the immortals.”—New York Times.Typhoon“To read a story like ‘Typhoon’ is to undergo an almost physical experience. It is unforgettable, even as the experience it pictures and interprets must be unforgettable.”—Hildegarde Hawthorne.Romance(WithFord Madox Hueffer)“‘Romance’ is indeed a work of blazing imagination. It is a sheer novel of adventure, and the glory of it lies in its color and shifting lights.”—Richard Curle, in “Joseph Conrad.”Each Volume, Net, $1.50. Set of Eleven Volumes, Boxed, Net, $16.50Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY Garden City, N. Y.
New Joseph Conrad Stories
A SET OF SIX
Containing five short stories never before published in America and “The Duel,” formerly published as “The Point of Honor”
The publication of this volume for the first time in the American Edition of Conrad’s works is in response to an interest that is rapidly making the name and work of Joseph Conrad known everywhere.
It marks the full turn of the tide in favor of this wonderful Polish-English writer.
The stories included are:
GASPAR RUIZ—A Romantic TaleTHE INFORMER—An Ironic TaleTHE BRUTE—An Indignant TaleAN ANARCHIST—A Desperate TaleTHE DUEL—A Military TaleIL CONDE—A Pathetic Tale
Five of these are practically unknown to American readers. Of “The Duel,” (formerly “The Point of Honor”) Mr. Curle, in his critical work on Joseph Conrad writes:
“It is a work of wide imaginative impulse—a wonderful reconstruction of the Napoleonic atmosphere. As a sustained effort in Conrad’s sardonic later style it is unmatched.”
Now Ready in the “Deep Sea” Limp Leather Edition of Conrad. Net, $1.50; in cloth, net, $1.35
Other Volumes in the “Deep Sea Edition” of Conrad
Bound in rich sea-blue limp leather
Bound in rich sea-blue limp leather
Chance
“‘Chance’ is a book that could have been written by no one but a master—a book which it is well nigh a duty for every lover of good writing to read.”—Basil King, author of “The Inner Shrine,” etc.
Youth
Contains “Youth,” “Heart of Darkness,” and “End of the Tether.”
“To read it is in some sense to live again, and that, I think, is the highest praise that can be laid upon a work of the imagination.”—Henry L. Mencken.
Lord Jim
“‘Lord Jim’ is the greatest psychological study of cowardice that I have ever read.”—David Belasco.
The Nigger of the Narcissus
“The sea, in his hands, fades to a background—sometimes smooth and blue—sometimes white and furious—but always a background against which are silhouetted the haunting figures in which he interprets man’s endless struggle.”—ChicagoEvening Post.
’Twixt Land and Sea
AND TWO OTHER SEA STORIES
“Mr. Conrad has never painted more vivid scenes of nature or looked more deeply into the hearts of his characters than in this moving book.”—The Outlook.
Almayer’s Folly, and An Outcast of the Islands
Mr. Conrad’s first and second novels
“The figures in these books live for us, and above and beyond them are the power of presentment, the marvellous faculty for the absolute creation of atmosphere, the genius for description, and the individual, finished style which these, Mr. Conrad’s earliest works, display.”—SirHugh Clifford, K.C.M.G., in theNorth American Review.
Falk
Contains “Falk,” “Amy Foster,” and “To-morrow.”
“‘Falk’ leaves one inclined to declare that the writing of that one story would be sufficient to place him among the immortals.”—New York Times.
Typhoon
“To read a story like ‘Typhoon’ is to undergo an almost physical experience. It is unforgettable, even as the experience it pictures and interprets must be unforgettable.”—Hildegarde Hawthorne.
Romance
(WithFord Madox Hueffer)
“‘Romance’ is indeed a work of blazing imagination. It is a sheer novel of adventure, and the glory of it lies in its color and shifting lights.”—Richard Curle, in “Joseph Conrad.”
Each Volume, Net, $1.50. Set of Eleven Volumes, Boxed, Net, $16.50
Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY Garden City, N. Y.