Tragedy of the Korosko and The Fires of Fate

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with The Nile Journal

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Arthur Conan Doyle’s visit to Egypt in 1895–96 included a trip up the Nile from Cairo to Wadi Halfa in a Cook’s steamer, which he documents in The Nile Journal, published here for the first time. His trip also included a month reporting on Kitchener’s expeditionary army’s march south to confront the ‘Dervish’ forces of the Khalifa. Both experiences informed the novella The Tragedy of the Korosko, a tale of abduction and rescue on the Sudanese frontier, published serially in the Strand in 1897 and in book form in 1898. This edition is the first scholarly treatment of this important book, a key text for the understanding of Conan Doyle’s imperialism.A decade later saw the staging of The Fires of Fate, his dramatisation of the tale, with significant changes to characters and story. This play had a modest success on the stage, but has never appeared in print. Juxtaposing these two works highlights Conan Doyle’s mastery of two forms of storytelling, while the differences between the two illustrate his evolving views and practices in the middle years of his literary career.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-31
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEdinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle
Antal sidor432
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399554541

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Douglas Kerr is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London and Honorary Professor of English and former Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Orwell and Empire (2022), Conan Doyle: Writing, Profession, and Practice (2013), Eastern Figures: Orient and Empire in British Writing (2008), and Wilfred Owen’s Voices: Language and Community (1993). He is General Editor of the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Arthur Conan Doyle (22 vols), for which he has edited Conan Doyle’s autobiography, Memories and Adventures (2022).

General Editor’s IntroductionAcknowledgementsChronology of the Life of Arthur Conan DoyleIntroduction to The Tragedy of the KoroskoGenesis and CompositionPublication HistoryReceptionContext: The Dervish WarsContext: Tales of EmpireThe Tragedy of the KoroskoPrefaceChapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XIntroduction to The Fires of FateGenesis and CompositionProduction and Performance HistoryReceptionContext: The Edwardian TheatreContext: Dramatic Styles and GenresThe Fires of FateAct IAct IIAct IIIAct IV Scene 1Act IV Scene 2Introduction to The Nile JournalThe Nile JournalEssays on the TextsThe Tragedy of the KoroskoThe Fires of FateApparatus for The Tragedy of the KoroskoExplanatory NotesThe Tragedy of the KoroskoThe Fires of FateThe Nile Journal