''Last Essays'' is a volume of essays by Joseph Conrad, edited with an introduction by

Richard Curle Richard Curle (1883–1968) was a Scottish author, critic, and journalist. He was a friend of the novelist Joseph Conrad, who was also the subject of several of his critical works. Conrad and Curle became friends in the 1910s, becoming especial ...

, and published posthumously in 1926 (London & Toronto: J. M.

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& Sons). The volume includes nineteen shorter pieces, mainly written by Conrad for various newspapers and magazines after the publication of ''

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'' in 1921. Together with the 1978 volume ''

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'', edited by Zdzislaw Najder, they contain all of Conrad's miscellaneous writing. The essays in ''Last Essays'' are mainly about sea travel or literature. They contain many passages of interest to the enthusiast. The volume contains "Legends", the unfinished essay Conrad was working on when he died, and " The Congo Diary", Conrad's first known writing, since often reprinted, and of great interest to the student of '' Heart of Darkness''. It also contains Conrad's preface to Curle's ''Into the East'' (1921), in which Conrad laments the passing of an earlier form of travel and its replacement by tourism. "The Dover Patrol" was commissioned by

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in 1921 for the unveiling of a monument commemorating the British naval efforts in protecting the English Channel during World War I.

List of contents

* Geography and Some Explorers * The "Torrens": A Personal Tribute * Christmas Day at Sea * Ocean Travel * Outside Literature * Legends * The Unlighted Coast * The Dover Patrol * Memorandum on the Scheme for Fitting-Out a Sailing Ship * The Loss of the "Dalgonar" * Travel *

Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...

* His War Book: A Preface to

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'' * John Galsworthy * A Glance at Two Books (''The Island Pharisees'' by John Galsworthy and '' Green Mansions'' by W. H. Hudson) * Preface to "The Shorter Tales of Joseph Conrad" * Cookery: Preface to Jessie Conrad's ''A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House'' * The Future of Constantinople * The Congo Diary

References

External links

* Full text of
Last Essays
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