<DIV>A great novelist of the sea, a poet of the tropics, a critic of empire and analyst of globalization, a harbinger of the modern spy novel, an unparalleled observer of the moments in which people are stripped of their illusions-Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. This revised edition of <I>The Portable Conrad</I> features the best known and most enduring of Conrad's works, including <I>The Secret Agent, Heart of Darkness</I>, and <I>The Nigger of the "Narcissus,"</I> as well as shorter tales like <I>"Amy Forster"</I> and <I>"The Secret Sharer,"</I> a selection of letters, and his observations on the sinking of the Titanic.<BR><BR></DIV>