Conrad Joseph: 705 books

TYPHOON * FALK * AMY FOSTER *THE SECRET SHARER The four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland, the country of his birth. 'Typhoon' is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by tempest, and of the stolid captain whose dogged...

'A sudden passion of anxious impatience rushed through my veins and gave me such a sense of the intensity of existence as I have never felt before or since.' link title to catalogue entry](exact date?)Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier...

Edition enrichie (préface, notes, bibliographie) Le Cœur des ténèbres s’inspire d’un épisode de la vie de Conrad en 1890 dans l’État libre du Congo mis en coupe réglée au profit de Léopold II. De cette expérience amère, l’écrivain a tiré un récit enchâssé dont chaque...

About This Book "Haven't you heard of the duel going on ever since 1801?" An exciting, swashbuckling thriller based on a true story about two of Napoleon’s soldiers. Conrad’s brilliantly ironic tale about two officers in Napoleon’s Grand Army who, under a futile...

Conrad's works are a brilliant portrayal of the life and events around him. This work provides a glimpse into the fertile mind that was at work behind the amazing works of Conrad. These notes and observations reflect the overall approach and attitude of the novelist. Insightful!

A través de un personaje ficticio (el viejo marinero "Marlow"), Conrad describe una travesía por el río Congo en busca del señor "Kurtz" que es el jefe de una explotación de marfil. El encuentro con Kurtz, será la confirmación de la hipócrita actitud colonialista y pone en tela de juicio su...

Pubblicato nel 1902, Al limite estremo è il più lungo dei racconti di Conrad, espanso fin quasi alle dimensioni di un romanzo. Un capitano di mare dal passato glorioso, Whalley, riesce a ottenere il comando di una piccola vaporiera, sulla quale si illude di esercitare un effettivo e completo controllo...

Scritto nel 1911, Sotto gli occhi dell’Occidente è un testo cruciale per la comprensione del pensiero e della biografia di Conrad. Prendendo le mosse da una storia di spionaggio e tradimento, di politica e coscienza, l’autore mette in scena il contrasto fra un io pubblico e uno nascosto, fra...

'I have heard no end of tales of his strength, his audacity, his fidelity...incorruptible! It is indeed a name of honour for the Capataz of the Cargadores of Sulaco.' One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American...

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 reading of Schopenhauer.

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 Poland, his sailing in Marseille, the influence of his Uncle Tadeusz, and the writing of Almayer's...

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 following fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its backdrop. At the...

Originally published as a serial, Nostromo is set in a fictional South American country where the outbreak of civil war puts the mining town of Sulaco in turmoil. Giovanni Battista Fidanza, known as Nostromo, is given the task of smuggling out a large amount of silver to keep it from the revolutionaries. Conrad...

Las hermanas lo empezó a escribir Conrad en otoño de 1895 y lo abandonó en la primavera de 1896. Se publicó en 1928, cuatro años después de su fallecimiento. En los únicos siete capítulos de la novela, divididos muy claramente en dos partes, una, sobre un solitario y atormentado pintor ucraniano,...