 Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 7511906Full view - About this book
 | 1918 - 550 pages
...the method of Marlow and of Conrad. "To him," says Marlow's interlocutor, "the meaning of the tale was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of those misty halos that sometimes are made... | |
 | 1900 - 872 pages
...secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. Thus, their yarns have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which...was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be ezcepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel, but outside, enveloping... | |
 | 1899 - 1284 pages
...unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the...outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the...outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 394 pages
...unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the...outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 366 pages
...unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing. The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the...meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut. 'Thit Mqrlnw wan not typical (if his propensity to spin yarnsT&e excepted), and to him the meaning... | |
 | John Freeman - 1917 - 354 pages
...commentary, its steady purpose and progress. To Marlow, said Mr. Conrad, years before Chance was written : The meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel...outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze. . . . The value of Mr. Conrad's method is that his story has not... | |
 | 1918 - 542 pages
...the method of Marlow and of Conrad. "To him," says Marlow's interlocutor, "the meaning of the tale was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of those misty halos that sometimes are made... | |
 | 1918 - 568 pages
...the method of Marlow and of Conrad. "To him," says Marlow's interlocutor, "the meaning of the tale was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of those misty halos that sometimes are made... | |
 | John William Cunliffe - 1919 - 332 pages
...'Chance' is so splendid a result. Speaking of Marlow, who relates ' Heart of Darkness, ' he has said : "To him the meaning of an episode was not inside like...outside, enveloping the tale, which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that are made sometimes... | |
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