... prepared by personal grievances" (Conrad: p102) The Professor feels that his merit has been overlooked and that he has been unjustly treated, so seeks a subconscious revenge. The mental insight Conrad gives us to the working of the professors mind could be described, as Irving Howe does, as "an artistic crime" (Berthoud: p7) against him, as it simplifies his morality into a grudge against ... ...

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