... native enchantress does not speak or act and is its one triumph. The film is taken from the early novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. which describes the degradation of a white man in Borneo in the old days of sail. Willems, vain, U n 5 crupulous, self ...

... fantastic ideas exist regarding an author's labour and his earnings always. except for the very few, minute and precarious. Joseph Conrad. enriching British literature, never made more than £3OO a year. and qualified for a miserable Civil List pension. The ...

... later that he was wrong about some of his discoveries. And yet in letters to George Stun, Frank Harris, H. G. Wells and Joseph Conrad be could write true, shrewd and subtle criticism. Expert at low-brow bluster he would seek out and help unsaleable young ...