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Notes on Life and Letters

Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conrad reminiscent, Conrad controversial", but never Conrad "with his boots off". He is particularly passionate when writing on Russian autocracy, on Poland's under-appreciated past and its hopes for the future, and on the self-serving blather of promoters loudly proclaiming that the sinking of the Titanic held no lessons for anyone but that the vessel should have had fewer lifeboats, and that her captain should have aimed to strike any iceberg head on. There are quieter, more tender recollections here too, including Conrad's appreciation of Stephen Crane, whom Conrad knew personally and liked very much, and a moving account of his return to Poland after a long absence at the very moment the Great War was breaking out. (Summary by Peter Dann)

Year of Publication: 1921Genres: *Non-fiction

Running Time: 08 hours 13 minutes 39 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Author's Note Peter Dann	7:22
2	Books — 1905 Peter Dann	14:30
3	Henry James — An Appreciation — 1905 Peter Dann	17:14
4	Alphonse Daudet — 1905 Peter Dann	9:50
5	Guy de Maupassant — 1904 Peter Dann	14:02
6	Anatole France — 1904 Peter Dann	25:06
7	Turgenev — 1917 Peter Dann	6:57
8	Stephen Crane — A Note Without Dates — 1919 Peter Dann	6:26
9	Tales of the Sea — 1898 Peter Dann	8:38
10	An Observer In Malaya — 1898 Peter Dann	5:45
11	A Happy Wanderer — 1910 Peter Dann	8:15
12	The Life Beyond — 1910 Peter Dann	8:50
13	The Ascending Effort — 1910 Peter Dann	8:44
14	The Censor of Plays — An Appreciation — 1907 Peter Dann	9:57
15	Autocracy and War — 1905 Peter Dann	1:02:51
16	The Crime of Partition — 1919 Peter Dann	36:23
17	A Note on the Polish Problem — 1916 Peter Dann	12:49
18	Poland Revisited — 1915 Peter Dann	1:03:38
19	First News — 1918 Peter Dann	9:34
20	Well Done — 1918 Peter Dann	29:08
21	Tradition — 1918 Peter Dann	13:59
22	Confidence — 1919 Peter Dann	13:01
23	Flight — 1917 Peter Dann	6:51
24	Some Reflections on the Loss of the Titanic — 1912 Peter Dann	30:33
25	Certain Aspects of the Admirable Inquiry into the Loss of the Titanic — 1912 Peter Dann	37:18
26	Protection of Ocean Liners — 1914 Peter Dann	20:09
27	A Friendly Place — 1914 Peter Dann	5:49