Work, Inheritance, and Deserts in Joseph Conrad's Fiction (Hardcover, 2022)

Introduction.- “[T]he rightful due of a successful man”: Claiming Desert in Almayer’s Folly and An Outcast of the Islands.- “A Manifestation of a Deep, Inborn Inherited Instinct”: Instabilities of Self-Making in Lord Jim.- Nostromo’s Great Expectations.- “[E]ntitled to Undisputed Success”: Professional Being vs. Doing in The Secret Agent.- The Moral Work of Affirming Inheritances in Under Western Eyes and Victory.