“Conrad is among the very greatest novelists in the language—or any language,” writes F. R. Leavis in The Great Tradition.

The three tales in this volume are, by common consent, among the best of Conrad’s writings. Tense, dramatic stories, they are told with a unique gift for evoking the large, engulfing mood of tropical seas and jungles. In these stories appear some of the most remarkable men in all fiction—sinister, enigmatic, spineless, twisted, placid, powerful—each is profoundly involved in a struggle within himself and with his fellow men. And it is as a brilliant novelist of the human spirit that Conrad stands with ever-increasing stature and popularity