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Conrad´s Secrets explores a range of knowledges which would have been familiar to Conrad and his original readers. Drawing on research into trade, policing, sexual and financial scandals, changing theories of trauma and contemporary war-crimes, the book provides contexts for Conrad´s fictions and produces original readings of his work.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Covert Plots and Secret Trades: Almayer´s Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, The Rescue Trade Secrets: Heart of Darkness, The Inheritors Political Secrets: The Secret Agent City Secrets: Chance Sexual Secrets: Victory Medical Secrets: Lord Jim, The Arrow of Gold, The Rover Naval Secrets: The Tale Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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ROBERT HAMPSON is professor of Modern Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is the author of Joseph Conrad: Betrayal and Identity and Cross-Cultural Encounters in Joseph Conrad´s Malay Fiction and co-editor (with Andrew Gibson) of Conrad and Theory. He has edited various works by Conrad, Kipling and Rider Haggard.

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