Joseph Conrad - Libros y biografía

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's...

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Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's...

Here you will find the complete novels of Joseph Conrad in the chronological order of their original publication. - Almayer's Folly - An Outcast of the Islands - The Nigger of the Narcissus - Heart...

This collection of Joseph Conrad's complete works is sorted chronologically by book publication. There are the usual inline tables of contents and links after each text/chapter to get back to the respective...

Certain individualities grow into fame through their vices and their virtues, or simply by their actions, which may have a temporary importance; and then they become forgotten. The names of a few leaders...

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's...

"Embark on an unforgettable journey with Joseph Conrad's classic novella, Heart of Darkness. This enthralling eBook draws you into the enigmatic depths of the African jungle as experienced through the...

A young Dutch trader, Kaspar Almayer, marries Captain Lingard's adopted Malay daughter in the hopes of one day inheriting the captain's wealth. He moves to Borneo to run Lingard's trading post there,...

«La suspense durerà per sempre», scrive introducendo il romanzo Richard Curle, l’amico fedele degli ultimi anni di Conrad, commentando l’appropriatezza e l’involontaria ironia del titolo. Non si riferisce...

Dark allegory describes the narrator’s journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. Masterly...

The Duel by Joseph Conrad is Conrad's brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleon's Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleonic Wars....

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 is the abandonment of a ship in distress by...

Joseph Conrad wrote many stories and novellas about his sea voyages and adventures. The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' is one of the best works if his early period. The novella is narrated by a dying West...

In 'The Inheritors', a collaboration between Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford, readers are presented with a unique literary undertaking that transcends conventional storytelling. The anthology explores...

"An Outpost of Progress" is a short story written in July 1897 by Joseph Conrad, drawing on his own experience at Congo. The story deals with two European men, named Kayerts and Carlier, who are assigned...

"An Anarchist: A Desperate Tale" is one of the best-known short stories written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). First published in 1906, the tale is centered around anarchist movement and political violence...

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 explored in Crime and...

Typhoon is a novella 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 in 1902; it was also published in...

"The Lagoon" is a short story by Joseph Conrad composed in 1896 and first published in Cornhill Magazine in 1897. The story is about a white man, referred to as "Tuan", who is travelling through an Indonesian...

Joseph Conrad was a British author who is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers in English literature. Conrad's style influenced many of the great authors that followed him. This edition...

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot...

"A Smile of Fortune: Harbour Story" is one of the best-known novellas written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). First published in 1912, the tale is centered around a young sea captain who has to face a bewildering...

The Tale by Joseph Conrad brings together in one collection four stories by Joseph Conrad. Set onboard a ship during an unnamed war, the title story is a harrowing account of guilt and responsibility,...

Almayer's Folly, Joseph Conrad's first novel, is a tale of personal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils of colonialism. Set in the lush jungle of Borneo in the late 1800s, it tells of...

The masterpiece of Joseph Conrad's later years, the autobiographical short novel The Shadow-Line depicts a young man at a crossroads in his life, facing a desperate crisis that marks the "shadow-line"...

A remarkable book, the story of Flora De Barral, daughter of the Great De Barral, a monumental swindler, and her love for the sea captain who married her. Marlow tells the story in his usual quiet manner...

This collection of Joseph Conrad's complete works is sorted chronologically by book publication. There are the usual inline tables of contents and links after each text/chapter to get back to the respective...

Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the...

A young sea captain tests his mettle off the coast of Siam in this nineteenth-century psychological tale from the author of Heart of Darkness. When his sailing ship is anchored in the Gulf of Siam—now...