The Rover by Joseph Conrad, Alexandre Fachard, J. H. Stape - 9781107149021

The RoverAuthor(s): Joseph Conrad, Alexandre Fachard, J. H. Stape\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107149021, 978-1107149021\nSynopsis\nSet in the South of France during the waning days of the French Revolution and the early years of Napoleonic rule, The Rover [tel] is the last novel that Conrad completed in his lifetime. A popular success on its publication, it explores, against the backdrop of dramatic political change and the Anglo-French hostilities leading up to the Battle of Trafalgar, the themes of personal and national identity, loyalty and love. The 'Introduction' situates the novel in Conrad's career and traces its sources and contemporary reception. Explanatory notes illuminate literary and historical references and indicate Conrad's sources. The essay on the text and the apparatus lay out the history of the work's composition and publication, detail the interventions in the text by .