What happens when adventures upon the high seas, far-flung islands, and among outlying colonies are seasoned with a fine-tuned sensibility and a profound knowledge of the human heart? We find ourselves in the presence of Joseph Conrad, a born Pole and former merchant seaman, whose masterly hand with the English language strikes as all the more impressive when we realize that English was his third language. Together we shall read a stout smattering of short fiction (including one novella) that put Conrad on the map of high literature. Required text: The Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction, edited by A. Michael Matin and published by Barnes & Noble Classics.
419: Of Sea and Sky: The Stories of Joseph Conrad
