Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. First Publication Dates of Primary Texts xv
6. Introduction: Something of an Intellectual 1
7. The Dangers of Carlyle’s Heroic Work in Heart of Darkness 33
8. The Despair of Knowing in Bleak House and The Secret Agent 66
9. The Trouble with Sympathy in Middlemarch and Nostromo 96
10. Dostoevsky’s Last Confession in Under Western Eyes 132
11. Living to Die in Lord Jim 163
12. Conrad versus Nietzsche versus Christ 192
13. Conclusion: Future Work 224
14. Works Cited 233
15. Index 245