Conrad Joseph: 705 books

In the Malay Archipelago, Axel Heyst, a failed European businessman, rescues a young Englishwoman from a rapacious hotel owner.  Fleeing to a remote island, Heyst and the woman are pursued by thugs dispatched by the vengeful hotelier.  Written late in his career, Victory (1915) brought Conrad his first popular success.

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   In an era not unlike our own, in which menacing acts have become commonplace, Russian spymaster Vladimir seeks to undermine England’s “sentimental regard for liberty.” His challenge is how to...

The Secret Agent is Conrad's dark, and darkly comic story of a band of spies, anarchists, agents-provocateurs plotting and counter-plotting in the back streets of London in the early 20th Century. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner, phony-anarchist and double-agent, who becomes embroiled in an ambitious terrorist plan to bomb the Greenwich Observatory.

A fictionalised account of Conrad's dabbling in gunrunning and political conspiracy.

Le sujet est l’histoire noire et comique des espions, terroristes, anarchistes et agents provocateurs d’une puissance étrangère non nommée (mais ressemblant à la Russie) dans les ruelles mal famées de Londres au début du xxe siècle. Le personnage principal est Verloc, agent secret infiltrant...

Le recueil se compose de deux récits, qui partagent deux traits communs. L'un est une même technique de narration : un narrateur non identifié rapporte les dires d'un autres narrateur, on a un récit dans le récit. L'autre est que le narrateur identifié est le même : un vieux marin, nommé Charles...

Por força de certos caprichos do destino, um jovem marinheiro que pensava ter abandonado a carreira no mar vê-se de repente nomeado capitão de um navio mercante. Em meio aos ímpetos da juventude, vive a aventura de comandar um navio que aprende a amar e uma tripulação digna de "imorredouro...

"The world is a bad dog. It will bite you if you give it a chance," maintains Axel Heyst, a Swedish drifter in the Pacific islands. Heyst's attempt to remain aloof from the rest of humanity is challenged by his compassion for Lena, a destitute orchestra girl. Defying Lena's abusive boss,...

Conrad's first novel. Kaspar Almayer is a Dutch trader operating out of Borneo in the late 19th century. He has a daughter with a local woman, and names her Nina. Almayer is convinced he can locate a remote gold mine and thereby become a millionaire, until tragedy strikes his little family.

Conrad fa salire il lettore a bordo di un brigantino nello struggente contesto dell’arcipelago malese, costellato di isole, stretti e pericoli, fino a condurlo al centro dell’animo umano. In occasione dei novant’anni dalla morte, una delle più avvincenti avventure letterarie di sempre, con...

In a Grove [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa] Flower Fables [Louisa May Alcott] Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks [Horatio Alger, Jr.] The Thames Valley Catastrophe [Grant Allen] The Girl of the Golden West [David Belasco] The Professor [Charlotte Brontë] The Head of the House of...

In a Grove [Ryūnosuke Akutagawa] Flower Fables [Louisa May Alcott] Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks [Horatio Alger, Jr.] The Thames Valley Catastrophe [Grant Allen] The Girl of the Golden West [David Belasco] The Professor [Charlotte Brontë] The Head of the House of...

Who doesn't love a bit of surprise, danger, eerie atmosphere, and just the right hint of romance! So, here's presenting to you our best ever gothic collection, with all the well known classics, all the hidden gems, and lots of surprises for all the fans of chills, darkness and mystery out there. Also,...

"Almayers Luftschloss" - Die Geschichte einer am Leben scheiternden Existenz - Joseph Conrads Erstlingroman zu seinem 160. Geburtstag als E-Book bei Piper Edition Almayer, ein Kaufmann in der niederländischen Kolonie Borneo, besitzt die verhängnisvolle Gabe einer lebhaften Vorstellungskraft: Auf...