The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad by Joseph Conrad (review)

• Published in: Conradiana Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 100 - 104
• Main Author: Watts, Cedric
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lubbock Texas Tech University Press 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924); Epistolography; Lawrence, D H (1885-1930); Literary devices; Literary translation; Literature; Novels; Publishing; Publishing industry; Scholarly publishing; Translations

Since Conrad's French was comprehensible to me (although I had no formal qualifications in French), I deemed a translation unnecessary; but American reviewers soon persuaded me that a translation of the French would have been helpful. [...]that valuable but marred edition of the novels, tales,...