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Title: Four Stars
Review: Leavis called this "shockingly bad magazine stuff" (The Great Tradition), but I don't think it can so easily or contemptuously be dismissed. I would describe it as middling work, in between Conrad's best work and his worst work. Though Conrad's lens is somewhat dirtier than in his most famous works, his power and cogency are just sufficient to make these stories (the book is composed of four stories) worth reading. His educated vision is everywhere in evidence.
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