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Do all of Conrads novels follow the same style?

Without any intention of condescending to – I mean patronising – either such literature or the game-players, I venture to suggest that many might well be enticed into appreciation of that complexity by the adventurous elements I have outlined.

Moreover I have always been concerned in all of my writing to demonstrate the unfailing reach of moral problems into the most ordinary of lives. Game-players fresh from the dilemmas of ‘Mass Effect’ or other works of the Bioware studio will surely appreciate this dimension (although since computer-games allow them to experience such problems for themselves, to make a decision, and to bear the consequences – like any ‘hero’ of my novels – I fear they may have an advantage over we writers).

My time runs short even as art lengthens. I must return to writing my Napoleonic novel, on which my progress is so slow I fear it will never be completed; writing is always difficult and this is only what the 21st century will call ‘procrastination’. Nevertheless, if you are all amenable, I may return tonight and make some recommendations from the field of ‘modern’ literature (published after my own death! Strange world).