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CONRAD'S IDEAS OF GASTRONOMY: DINING IN “FALK”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2008

Paul Vlitos
Paul Vlitos*
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Tohoku University
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In the century and more since Joseph Conrad first published “Falk: A Reminiscence,” his tale has been examined from a variety of critical perspectives. I would like to begin by reviewing some of these responses in order to locate this paper's perhaps surprising claim that “Falk” is a story about dining.

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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , September 2008 , pp. 433 - 449
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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