Conrad and the Paradox of Plot

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Almayer’s Folly....Pages 9-27
An Outcast of the Islands....Pages 28-38
The Short Stories of 1896....Pages 39-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’....Pages 49-63
Heart of Darkness....Pages 64-78
Lord Jim and the Short Stories of 1900–2....Pages 79-98
The End of the Tether....Pages 99-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Nostromo....Pages 107-141
The Secret Agent and the Short Stories of 1904–7....Pages 142-157
Under Western Eyes and The Secret Sharer....Pages 158-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Chance and the Short Stories of 1910–11....Pages 177-191
Victory and the Short Stories of 1912–14....Pages 192-210
The Shadow-Line....Pages 211-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Distinctive Features of the Later Novels....Pages 223-231
The Arrow of Gold....Pages 232-249
The Rescue....Pages 250-269
The Rover....Pages 270-281
Suspense....Pages 282-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
An Overview....Pages 285-301
Back Matter....Pages 302-311