The Inheritors. The Nature of a Crime

The Inheritors was conceived in the heated and controversial politics of Britain at the turn of the century. Arthur Granger, an aristocratic and unsuccessful novelist, betrays the ideals he prides himself on for the unrequited love of a young woman. And no ordinary woman, she, but an ethereal, goddess-like, nameless agent from a strange world.

Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford's collaborative work, The Nature of a Crime is a study of human psychology. Delving into the darkest recesses of the human mind, they present idiosyncratic characters fighting with their own overwhelming desires and intuitions. The deep love of the protagonist gives way to even more profound desperation. The feelings of the protagonist, as life crumbles around him, are expressed profoundly by the two authors.