Joseph, Conrad - Libros y biografía

First published in 1902, ’Typhoon’ can be easily passed as pre-twentieth century literature. It’s a short story depicting a ship experiencing a terribly destructive typhoon and coming out of it, but not...

Joseph Conrad's 'Youth' is a compelling novella that follows the journey of a young man named Marlow who embarks on a voyage to the East Indies. The story is filled with vivid descriptions of the sea...

Nowela „U kresu si?” wpisuje si? w cykl morskich opowie?ci Josepha Conrada. Przedstawia losy kapitana Henryka Whalleya, dowodz?cego parowcem „Sofala”, i jego perypetie zwi?zane z kobietami jego ?ycia...

Za?oga „Narcyza”, statku handlowego p?yn?cego z Bombaju do Londynu, sk?ada si? w wi?kszo?ci z bia?ych marynarzy. Jedyny czarnoskóry – James Wait – staje si? g?ównym bohaterem opowiadania bynajmniej nie...

Tytu?owa „M?odo??” to opowie?? znanego z „Lorda Jima” Charlesa Marlowa, opisuj?ca dramatyczny rejs statku „Judea”, na którym Malow zdobywa? pierwsze morskie szlify jako kapitan okr?tu. Ponadto w sk?ad...

When Flora de Barral’s father is imprisoned, she finds herself alone and without resources. Reliant on the generosity of others, Flora navigates with sensitivity her benefactors’ intrigues before finding...

Henry Whalley is a true sailor, earning years of experience as a ship’s captain before his retirement. Faced with unexpected financial problems and a desire to help his married daughter earn her place...

Two of Joseph Conrad's most compelling and haunting works, in which the deepest perceptions and desires of the human heart and mind are explored.The finest of all Conrad's tales, Heart of Darkness is...

This book is about a young captain who is hastily given his first command of a „ghost” ship. It‘s about a first mate who will lose his mind to madness as the malaria sickness spreads without medicine....

Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent' is a gripping novel that delves into the complexities of espionage, politics, and terrorism in Victorian London. The book is written in Conrad's signature dark and introspective...

This novel is considered to be one of Conrad’s major works and in subject matter is close to The Secret Agent. It is also full of conflict about the historical failures of revolutionary movements and...

Akcja utworu rozgrywa si? w Londynie na prze?omie XIX i XX wieku. Verloc, tytu?owy tajny agent wrogiego mocarstwa, wykorzystuj?c nastroje anarchistyczne, planuje wywrotowy zamach na Królewskie Obserwatorium...

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 novelists, which...

It was the shock of this disappointment, perhaps, coming soon after the loss of his wife, that had driven him crazy on that point, the barber suggested, with an air of great psychological insight. After...

Gaspar Ruiz The Informer The Brute An Anarchist The Duel Il Conde

Once regarded as comparatively minor amongst Conrad's works, Victory has grown in reputation. Its depiction of the central character, Axel Heyst, and his renunciation of the world, is influenced by Conrad's...

A collection including "The Planter of Malata " "The Partner " "The Inn of the Two Witches " and "Because of the Dollars."

The five stories brought together in Tales of Unrest (1898) mark a turning point in the writer's career. Conrad's first short story collection evidences a writer firmly in control of his new craft staking...

When Willems stepped off the straight and narrow path of his own peculiar honesty he thought it would be a short episode - a sentence in brackets, so to speak - in the flowing tale of his life. But Willems...

This novel 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...

Reflecting Conrad's genius for narrative that focuses on the quest for inner truths, "The Arrow of Gold" is an exploration of the dangerous appetites of men and of human vulnerability, as well as a profound...

This is a decidedly powerful story of an uncommon type, and breaks fresh ground in fiction.... All the leading characters in the book--Almayer, his wife, his daughter, and Dain, the daughter's native...

The story of a dull-witted but compassionate English girl who falls in love with a strange man from Eastern Europe. This ignorant, wild, and romantic peasant from the Carpathian Mountains has been cast...

Charles Marlow embarks on his first seafaring journey to the East as a young man on board the Judea, a barque headed towards Bangkok under the command of Captain John Beard. The Judea sets sail on a journey...

Notoriously unreliable and digressive in structure, it is nonetheless the principal contemporary source for information about the author's life.[citation needed] It tells about his schooling in Russian...

The old officer with long white moustaches gave rein to his indignation. "Is it possible that you youngsters should have no more sense than that! Some of you had better wipe the milk off your upper lip...

Captain McWhirr is a serious man who runs his steamer, the Nan-Shan, with efficiency and solidity. When a storm appears to be headed in their direction, MacWhirr is not concerned about his ship's ability...

"The Shadow Line" is a short novel by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). It was first published in 1916. It is a sea tale and depicts the story of a young man who takes a captaincy in the Orient.

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia, as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official....

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out struggle over the...