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One of the greatest English writers of the 19th century was a Polish-born man who couldnt even speak English fluently until he had entered adulthood. Nevertheless, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) went on to have a well-regarded literary career that bridged Romanticism and Modernism while also covering the...

From the preeminent columnist, historian, and bestselling author writing at the top of his game comes an essential collection of writing on politics, economics, culture, religion, and more. Conrad Black is one of our best known writers, historians, and businessmen. This never-before-published...

One of the greatest English writers of the 19th century was a Polish-born man who couldnt even speak English fluently until he had entered adulthood. Nevertheless, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) went on to have a well-regarded literary career that bridged Romanticism and Modernism while also covering the...

4 Oeuvres de Joseph Conrad Ce livre numérique présente une collection de 4 romans de Joseph Conrad édités en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres. Liste des oeuvres:...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of** Joseph Conrad which are Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim.** After a sea-faring...

One of the greatest English writers of the 19th century was a Polish-born man who couldnt even speak English fluently until he had entered adulthood. Nevertheless, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) went on to have a well-regarded literary career that bridged Romanticism and Modernism while also covering the...

Joseph Conrad; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until he was...

El corazón de las tinieblas (Heart of darkness) es el título de un cuento extenso o novela corta de Joseph Conrad, 1899, y en forma de libro en 1902. Ambientado en África, El corazón de las tinieblas está hasta cierto punto inspirada en los seis meses que Joseph Conrad pasó en el Congo colonizado...

In these four stories, written between 1900 and 1902, Joseph Conrad bid gradual farewell to his adventurous life at sea and began to confront the more daunting complexities of life on land in the twentieth century. In 'Typhoon' Conrad reveals, in the steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, written at the turn of the twentieth century, unmasks the veneer of civilization to reveal a savagery at the heart of the British Empire. It is eerily prophetic of the two world wars that would, in the coming decades, shake Europe to the core. The novella...

One of the greatest English writers of the 19th century was a Polish-born man who couldnt even speak English fluently until he had entered adulthood. Nevertheless, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) went on to have a well-regarded literary career that bridged Romanticism and Modernism while also covering the...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Originally published in 1904, Nostromo is considered by many to be Conrad's supreme achievement. Set in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, the novel reveals the effects of unbridled greed and imperialist...

Fluent from birth in French as well as his native Polish, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) learned his third language, English, as an adult. And it was in English that he wrote his evocative stories and novels, drawing upon his experiences in the British and French navies to portray the struggles of humanity...

SF-Abenteuer von Alfred Bekker und Conrad Shepherd Menschen in den Weiten des Kosmos – auf sich gstellt und fern der Erde. In ihren Raumschiffen erobern sie das All und werden mit dem Unfassbaren konfrontiert. Darum geht es in den phantastischen Weltraum-Abenteuern von Alfred Bekker und Conrad Shepherd....