Status Updates From Tales of Land and Sea

I'm determined to finally finish this brick over the weekend!

I'm about halfway through The Duel. One more story after this one and I'll have officially finished this behemoth!

I'm enjoying this collection so much. It's full of action and emotion, but somehow still has a cozy, soothing vibe to it. Maybe it's just because I love anything nautical.

Favorites so far: Youth, Heart of Darkness, and I'm about halfway through Typhoon but really liking it so far

I just finished the short story 'Il Conde.' It was an interesting read, definitely much lighter than the other stories in this collection so far

I finished my second read of the Narcissus story. I think I made a good faith effort to see the merits in that story. It does have some! But the ugly racism ruins it. I'm not giving Conrad a pass and I am judging the story from a modern perspective. When classics hold up to a modern perspective, that's what makes them classics. It's silly to pretend we don't see problems with a story

Trying once again to make sense of Conrad's gamer word story. It has SUCH an unfortunate title. I don't understand the racial slur in the title or the focus on race. James Wait is a great villain, but like...what does him being black have to do with anything? Donkin is white and almost as obnoxious as James. Does anybody know what it up with all the racial slurs and why Conrad went that way?

I love nautical stories; the crew of the Narcissus is in this struggle against the sea and like the first story in the collection, it really just seems to be allegory of the futility of life itself.

Finished my reread of Heart of Darkness. One of the aspects I like the most is how so much implied or hinted at rather than stated outright. Like the "magnificent" African woman with the helmet hair. What exactly was her relationship to Kurtz? I'd guess romantic, especially with th comparison drawn between her nd Kurtz's intended, as they both stretched their arms out forlornly. But Conrad leaves that for us to figur

I think this is my 3rd time reading Heart of Darkness. One motif I don't think I've ever explored enough is the effervescent presence of ivory throughout the story and how this might bolster a Marxist reading

So I read the story "Youth" for the first time. It seems to be an allegory for life-with a very pessimistic slant. Then I started my reread of Heart of Darkness-as always the motifs of disease and starvation add to the tone of dilapidation and despair