The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus': A Tale of the Sea (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad)Charting a homeward bound voyage from Bombay to London aboard a sailing ship, The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897) captured the late Victorian era's maritime obsession and identified the strikingly original talent of Joseph Conrad (18571924) as a sea writer in what has proved to be a landmark of sea literature. The Introduction situates the novel in Conrad's career and traces its origins and reception. Explanatory notes illuminate literary and