Ivory, Apes and Peacocks

book in An Anarchist--A Set of Six; as Gaspar Ruiz may be looked on as

a pendant to Nostromo). Under Western Eyes is a masterpiece of irony, observation, and pity. I once described it as being as powerful as Dostoievsky and as well written as Turgenieff. The truth is that it is Conrad at his best, although I know that I may seem to slight the Eastern tales. It has the colour and sha...