Victory

In this way Conrad was a kind of literary social anthropologist. Study of the human as a moral being was his interest, because he himself had encountered a plethora of specimens of humanity over the years and witnessed all manner of extreme behaviours, including his own. He wanted to understand what it means to be human and the novel became the chosen conduit for expounding his ideas in a non-academic and creative way. It would be a few years before other novelists dared to delve so deeply into what might be described as the human soul in such an exposing and revelatory way. As is so often the case with pioneers, Conrad remained largely unsung until other writers began citing him as an influence.

Dedication (#ulink_608fc72d-1a9a-52c5-a454-029a4d770254)

TO

PERCEVAL

AND

MAISIE GIBBON

Calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire And airy tongues that syllable men’s names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.

COMUS

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Title Page (#u4b5dded4-59f4-5a0b-8102-a686e162fcdc)

Copyright (#u9b785974-55e0-562c-9306-7f4020605de7)

History of Collins (#u365e08de-0e40-59f7-b263-ac24086ab010)

Life & Times (#ud04c9dbb-c596-5381-9429-4ab145d0d514)

Dedication (#u14744a94-c6ef-5dc0-8c33-bc9cdd7ecaa6)

Epigraph (#u03f75edb-0523-58aa-8f47-0c16105287c1)

Note to the First Edition (#ufa9e96bc-c486-5e05-9e07-6ea0f2a29d69)

Author’s Note (#u53ab8400-f6c9-5902-af36-ebc51199310d)

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