The Rover

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pomona Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781406789140
Publisher:	Pomona Press
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Alexandre Fachard, Chargé d'enseignement suppléant at the Université de Genève, teaches English literature. He has edited Within the Tides (2012) and co-edited Victory (2016) for the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad, and has written and reviewed for The Conradian, The Yearbook of Conrad Studies, Variants, The Literary Encyclopedia, American Studies Journal, the Journal of American Studies, Translation and Literature and Cahiers édouardiens et victoriens.

J. H. Stape was a Senior Research Fellow at St Mary's University College, London and taught at universities in England, Canada, France and the Far East. The author of The Several Lives of Joseph Conrad (2007) and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad (Cambridge, 1996) and The New Cambridge Companion to Joseph Conrad (Cambridge, 2015), he edited and co-edited several volumes in the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad, of which he was co-General Editor from 2008 to 2015. He also published on E. M. Forster, William Golding, Thomas Hardy, Frank Harris, Angus Wilson and Virginia Woolf.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France

Table of Contents

List of illustrations; General Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Abbreviations and Note on Editions; Introduction; The Rover; The texts: an essay; Apparatus; Textual notes; Appendices; Explanatory notes; Glossaries; Maps.

Editorial Reviews

"It is the subtilized past, through the aroma and the intuitive touches, which comes alive." (The Times Literary Supplement (London))

From the Publisher

Narrator Stephan Rudnicki delivers an impressive performance of Conrad’s story, which centers on the mysterious Jean Peyrol, a French native who has spent his life roaming the world’s oceans. Seeking retirement, Peyrol returns to his country in the aftermath of the French Revolution but finds confusion even in his isolated place of retreat. Rudnicki’s resonant voice meanders through the novel’s picturesque descriptions. His command of French pronunciation helps to naturally blend the language into the prose. He adopts Peyrol’s unconcerned air as he vocalizes the sea rover in a tone that sharply contrasts with the frenzied, nervous voices of the Revolutionary survivors. Rudnicki renders a certain disquietude in the dialogue, revealing the disconnect between characters. His performance intuitively reflects the natural cadence of Conrad’s prose. D.M.W. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

MAY 2020 - AudioFile