Joseph, Conrad - Libros y biografía

In this gripping story about an imaginative South American republic of Costaguana, Conrad paints in shocking detail the insidious effects of greed and corruption. When the silver mines of the South American...

Joseph Conrad has come into his own. The three stories contained in this volume take rank with the most mature and romantic of his work. The charming love and adventure of the life which he depicts in...

Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist, writing in English, while living in England. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, despite his not having learned to speak...

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...

The story of one voyage of the sailing-ship Narcissus from Bombay to London--a story dealing with calms and with storms, with mutiny on the high seas, with bravery and with cowardice, with tumultuous...

First published in 1906, The Mirror of the Sea was the first of Joseph Conrad's two autobiographical memoirs. Discussing it, he called the book "a very intimate revelation. . . . I have attempted here...

I don't know whether I ought to offer an apology for this collection which has more to do with life than with letters. Its appeal is made to orderly minds. This, to be frank about it, is a process of...

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...

In Notes on My Books (1920), Joseph Conrad recounts his experiences with the writing process. He recounts in detail his intentions and aspirations for each of his major works.

An enthralling novel of Gaspar's inspirational rise from obscurity to light. Remarkable for its irony, it marvellously presents man's capacity for self-deception. Attention-grabbing!

A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Joseph Conrad's early life and the opening stages of his careers as a writer and as a seaman. It is also an artistic and political manifesto....

Joseph Conrad é considerado um dos grandes nomes da literatura mundial. Em sua prolífica carreira, o escritor cultivou um estilo um tanto macabro, influenciado pelo sobrenatural, fazendo uma espécie de...

Jim é um jovem recém-contratado como imediato de um navio que, após a embarcação dar indícios de que vai afundar, decide abandoná-la junto com o capitão e o restante da tripulação, deixando os passageiros...

Marlow, capitão de um barco a vapor, parte em uma jornada pelo interior do Congo para resgatar Kurtz, um comerciante de marfim que teria enlouquecido. No decorrer da viagem pelos interiores da selva africana,...

Quando decide deixar para trás a vida no mar, um jovem marinheiro é designado para uma tarefa inesperada. Embora inexperiente, assume o posto de capitão de um navio mercante cujo velho e excêntrico comandante...

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 and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably...

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 a Belgian company...

Il Conte protagonista di questo racconto è un anziano nobile innamorato della città di Napoli. Ogni anno, vi passa alcune settimane, per godersi la sua magnifica atmosfera, l’arte, l’architettura, il...

Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' is a seminal work in literary fiction, featuring compelling themes of imperialism, human nature, and the darkness within the human soul. The novella is a powerful exploration...

Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts...

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 is the abandonment of a passenger...

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...

The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was...

L'agente segreto è un romanzo scritto da Joseph Conrad nel 1907, è considerato uno dei primi romanzi moderni a trattare temi quali il terrorismo e lo spionaggio. Il signor Verloc conduce da vari anni...

Heart of Darkness is a novella by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Marlow. Marlow tells his story...

…The taking of Departure, if not the last sight of the land, is, perhaps, the last professional recognition of the land on the part of a sailor. It is the technical, as distinguished from the sentimental,...

"Heart of Darkness" (1899) is a novella by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Marlow. Marlow tells...

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 is the abandonment of a passenger...

Das Herz der Finsternis von Joseph Conrad Herz der Finsternis ist eine 1899 erschienene Erzählung von Joseph Conrad, in der der Seemann Charlie Marlow Freunden von seiner Reise in Zentralafrika als Kapitän...

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: The importance of water in the literature of Joseph Conrad First published in 1920, “The Rescue” (also known as The Rescue, A Romance of...