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Joseph Conrad's Dark 'Victory'

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20050509
Author:JONATHAN YARDLEY

An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past.

The extraordinary and uncommonly influential literary career of Joseph Conrad began in 1895, when he was 38 years old, with the publication of his first novel, "Almayer's Folly." It continued beyond his death in 1924 as his letters, essays and various other papers were published posthumously, but it really ended in 1915, with the publication of "Victory." Many books followed, but none came close to the high standard it set, and indeed for many years critics argued that "Victory" ...

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