Edward Said describes three phases to Conrad's literary career.[20] In the first and longest, from the 1890s to World War I, Conrad wrote most of his great works, including The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897), Heart of Darkness (1899), Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904), The Secret Agent (1907) and Under Western Eyes (1911). The second phase, spanning the war and following the popular success of Chance (1913), is marked by the advent of Conrad's public persona as "great writer". In the third and final phase, from the end of World War I to Conrad's death (1924), he at last finds an uneasy peace; it is, as C.McCarthy writes, as though "the War has allowed Conrad's psyche to purge itself of terror and anxiety."[21]