The Inheritors (1901) by: Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. / quasi-science fiction NOVEL / (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781981547296)

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect of the 20th Century on British aristocracy appeared to predict history. It was first published in London by William Heinemann and later the same year in New York by McClure, Phillips & Co. In the novel, the metaphor of the "fourth dimension" is used to explain a societal shift from a generation of people who have traditional values of interdependence, being overtaken by a modern generation who believe in expediency, callously using political power to bring down the old order. Its narrator is an aspiring writer who himself makes a similar transition at a personal level only to feel he has lost everything.

Author: Ford Madox Ford, Joseph Conrad
ISBN-10: 1981547290
ISBN-13: 9781981547296
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2017
Pages: 108
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.22d