<DIV><B>Penguin inaugurates a series of revised editions of Conrad's finest works, with new introductions</B><br><BR> Conrad's great novel of guilt and redemption follows the first mate on board the <I>Patna</I>, a raw youth with dreams of heroism who, in an act of cowardice, abandons his ship. His unbearable guilt and its consequences are shaped by Conrad into a narrative of immeasurable richness.<BR><BR></DIV>