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Determined not to write a biography about his friend Joseph Conrad (1857â1924) in the usual dry style, Ford Madox Ford (1873â1939) instead produced a novel. As a result, some biographical facts are given less emphasis than others, in particular the acrimony which later blighted relations between the two men. But the work is distinguished by its liveliness and by a wealth of vivid detail. Ford describes Conrad's remarkably long-eared horse, his haphazard use of adverbs and their fraught collaboration over their second joint novel, Romance, during which Ford's carefully unexciting style provoked the adventure-loving Conrad to depression. Ford's impressionistic portrayal of Conrad as an elegant, likeable swindler and 'beautiful genius' strikes a far richer chord than a purely historical account. First published in 1924, just after Conrad's death, this work remains a striking example of creative non-fiction, instructive for scholars and students of English literature.

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Preface; 1. C'est toi qui dors dans l'ombre, o sacré souvenir; 2. Excellency? A few goats; 3. It is above all to make you see; 4. That, too, is romance; Appendix.

Joseph Conrad A Personal Remembrance Cambridge Library Collection Literary Studies

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 6/27/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108060943, 978-1108060943
      ISBN10: 1108060943
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Determined not to write a biography about his friend Joseph Conrad (1857â1924) in the usual dry style, Ford Madox Ford (1873â1939) instead produced a novel. As a result, some biographical facts are given less emphasis than others, in particular the acrimony which later blighted relations between the two men. But the work is distinguished by its liveliness and by a wealth of vivid detail. Ford describes Conrad's remarkably long-eared horse, his haphazard use of adverbs and their fraught collaboration over their second joint novel, Romance, during which Ford's carefully unexciting style provoked the adventure-loving Conrad to depression. Ford's impressionistic portrayal of Conrad as an elegant, likeable swindler and 'beautiful genius' strikes a far richer chord than a purely historical account. First published in 1924, just after Conrad's death, this work remains a striking example of creative non-fiction, instructive for scholars and students of English literature.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; 1. C'est toi qui dors dans l'ombre, o sacré souvenir; 2. Excellency? A few goats; 3. It is above all to make you see; 4. That, too, is romance; Appendix.

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