The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'

Allan H. Simmons, Professor of English at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London, is the author of Joseph Conrad (2006) in Palgrave's Critical Issues series and Heart of Darkness: A Reader's Guide (2007). He has edited Conrad in Context (2009), Joseph Conrad: The Contemporary Reviews, Volume 1 (2012), a centennial edition of The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1997), and co-edited Lord Jim (2007) and The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories (2007). He is the General Editor of The Conradian: The Journal of the Joseph Conrad Society.

• List of illustrations; General editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Abbreviations and note on editions; Introduction; The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'; The texts: An essay; Apparatus; Textual notes; Appendices; Explanatory notes; Glossary of nautical terms; Maps.

'The monumental new Cambridge edition of The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' meticulously traces his emendations to the text in its progress from manuscript to magazine and volume publication and is packed with contextual information – not least, a detailed exploration of its reception. As the editor Allan H. Simmons points out, far from being the farewell to things nautical that Conrad intended, the book marked his arrival as the definitive voice in maritime storytelling.' Elizabeth Lowry, The Times Literary Supplement