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Joseph Conrad
Inspired by the author’s own experiences at sea, this book tells a haunting tale about ill omens, the passing of time and the making of a man.
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Renowned for its stylistic boldness and dramatic descriptions, Heart of Darkness is a stark yet subtle examination of the powers of the subconscious and the workings of western imperialism.
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TIM BUTCHER The silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of drumming. But his decision to hunt down the mysterious Mr Kurtz…
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Joseph Conrad's haunting Modernist masterpiece, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound Classics series
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Half of Joseph Conrad's body of work is set in late 19th-century Southeast Asia and his favourite destinations were Singapore and the remote ports of the Dutch East Indies. Burnet…
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Acclaimed as one of Conrad's finest literary achievements, this gripping novel deftly depicts the political turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia and follows the dramatic developments in the life of a student…
The Rescue, A Romance of the Shallows (1920) is one of Joseph Conrad's works contained in what is now sometimes called the Lingard Trilogy, a group of novels based on…
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"In 2024 the literary community commemorates the 100th anniversary of the death of Joseph Conrad. This volume of collected essays by leading critics and scholars in the field of Conrad…
The Routledge Companion to Joseph Conrad attests to the global significance and enduring importance of Conrad's works, reception, and legacy. This groundbreaking collection shows how Conrad's works - their artistry…
John Peters
Considers how Joseph Conrad's works engage with silence
A collection of studies that examine various aspects of Joseph Conrad's literary art, with the organizing ideas being textuality and intertextuality
Ludmilla Voitkovska
Considering Conrad's transcultural background, this volume investigates the essential features of his expatriate writing as a form distinctly different from any writing done within a single culture.
A Personal Record is an autobiographical work (or "fragment of biography") by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912. It has also been published under the titles A Personal Record: Some Reminiscences…
Joseph Conrad, born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, (1857-1924) was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. He is regarded as one of the greatest English…
The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford (writing as Ford M. Heuffer) collaborated. Written before the first World…
"Romance" is a novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. It was the second of their three collaborations. Romance was eventually published by Smith, Elder and Co. in…
The Arrow of Gold is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1919. It was originally titled "The Laugh" and published serially in Lloyd's Magazine from December 1918 to February…
The End of the Tether is a novella by Joseph Conrad, written in 1902. It was collected in Youth, a Narrative and Two Other Stories and published by William Blackwood…
"Victory" (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved "popular success." The novel's "most striking formal…
Under Western Eyes (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes…
"Amy Foster" is a short story by Joseph Conrad written in 1901, first published in the Illustrated London News (December 1901), and collected in Typhoon and Other Stories (1903). A…
Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and serialized in Pall Mall Magazine in January-March 1902. Its first book publication was in New York by Putnam…
"Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard" is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana". It was originally published serially in monthly instalments…
"Youth" is an 1898 autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad published in Blackwood's Magazine, and then included as the first story in Conrad's 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two…
"The Secret Sharer" is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, originally written in 1909 and first published in two parts in the August and September 1910 editions of…
Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story…
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad in which the sailor Charles Marlow tells his listeners the story of his assignment as steamer captain for…
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1907. The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc…
"One Day More" by Joseph Conrad is a captivating tale of redemption, betrayal, and the relentless pursuit of justice. Set in the backdrop of colonial Africa, the story follows the…
"Within the Tides: Tales" by Joseph Conrad is a collection of short stories that delve into the realms of adventure, seafaring, and exploration. Through psychological character studies, Conrad explores the…
