He tells us "ironic treatment alone would enable me to say all I felt I would have to say in scorn as well as pity" (Conrad: p41). ... Conrad tells us that although the other characters are "shams" he had not intended to make the Professor "despicable" (Conrad: p19), and that he wanted to give the Professor "a note of perfect sincerity" (Conrad: p20). ... Conrad tells us that in the beginning stages of the creation of the text he was overcome by "the vision of an enormous town indifferent to heaven's frowns and smiles" (Conrad: p41), which was to provide the backdrop to Winnie Verloc'...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate