Suspense [Hardcover]

Joseph Conrad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2002

JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) was a remarkable figures in English literature. A master stylist, both lush and precise, his outsider's eye gave him special insights into the moral dangers of the great age of European empires.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Book Description

This edition of Conrad's last novel, established through modern textual scholarship, presents the text in a form more authoritative than any so far printed. This edition includes full textual apparatus, explanatory notes, glossary, illustrations and an informative introduction. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Gene M. Moore is Senior Lecturer in English at the Universiteit van Amsterdam. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 278 pages
• Publisher: Replica Books (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735102996
• ISBN-13: 978-0735102996
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,834,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Written by a master storyteller but unfinished, September 9, 2008

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Suspense (Hardcover)

A quiet has fallen on Europe, with Napoleon exiled to Elba. It is not the quiet of a world at rest, but of a world holding its breath, unable to believe that the curtain has indeed dropped on the great Emperor. And, it is into this world walks Cosmo Latham - an Englishman and veteran of the late war, looking to see what he was unable to see earlier, and perhaps even get a glimpse of the Emperor himself. But, when he finds a girl from his youth, formerly Mlle Adele D'Armand, and now Mrs. Helion de Montevesso, he finds that his emotions can get the better of him.

This book was Joseph Conrad's (1857-1924) last work, as a matter of fact, when that talented author died, this book was left unfinished, and has remained so to this day. Conrad is remembered for his best works - Lord Jim, Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, and many others - but, I do not think that this book falls into that category. It takes very long to get going, feeling surprisingly suspended, as Cosmo goes about his business, learning about Adele, and so forth.

No, this book does show that it was written by a master storyteller, but it also shows that it is unfinished. If you are a Joseph Conrad fan, and wish to read every story he wrote, you will want to read this one. But, if that is not the case, then you probably will be disappointed by it - as was I.