The most authoritative scholarly edition of Conrad's most important narratives, with explanatory and textual notes, critical introduction and chronology.

General editors' preface; Chronology; Introduction; 'Youth', Heart of Darkness, 'The End of the Tether'; Explanatory notes; Glossary of nautical terms; The texts: an essay; Textual apparatus; Textual notes; Appendix A. Manuscript pagination: 'Youth' and Heart of Darkness; Appendix B. Blackwood's Memorandum of Agreement for the Youth Volume.

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-born British writer who ranks amongst the greatest of all English novelists and stylists.