Joseph Conrad: 705 books

Dieses eBook: "Lord Jim" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Lord Jim ist ein Roman von Joseph Conrad, zuerst publiziert im Jahr 1900. Der Roman gliedert sich in zwei Teile, eine psychologische Erzählung über Jims...

Herz der Finsternis (engl. Originaltitel Heart of Darkness) ist eine Erzählung aus dem Jahre 1899 von Joseph Conrad. Die Novelle ist in eine Rahmenhandlung eingebettet: Auf der nächtlich an der Themsemündung in Gravesend stillliegenden Seeyacht Nellie erzählt der ehemalige Seemann Marlow seinen...

Drawing upon his experiences as the captain of a steamer on the Congo River, Joseph Conrad wrote "An Outpost of Progress," a sharp critique of British colonialism that the master storyteller considered his best tale. A precursor to Heart of Darkness, it traces the physical and moral degradation...

Jim ist ein junger britischer Seemann und Erster Offizier auf der Patna, einem heruntergekommenen Schiff beladen mit Pilgern auf der Fahrt gen Mekka. Bei einer Havarie verlässt die Besatzung aus Schurken das Schiff und überlässt die Pilger ihrem Schicksal. Auch Jim verweigert nach anfänglichem...

Joseph Conrads leven laat zich grofweg in drie episodes duiden: zijn jeugd in Polen, zijn ouderdom in Engeland en daartussenin zijn jaren op zee. Jaren waar hij als kind al naar verlangde: hij liep op zestienjarige leeftijd van huis weg om scheep te gaan. Zijn Engelse jaren vulde hij vervolgens met schrijven...

To-Morrow by Joseph Conrad was a sad story about a man, Captain Hagberd, who drove his son away with a belt lashing and suffered the rest of his life with the illusion that his son would return home tomorrow. He had a blind and helpless tenant who had a daughter, named Bessie. Captain Hagberd...

This little known 1901 novel by Joseph Conrad is a precursor to such works as William Golding's much later novel of the same name; the hugely popular "Matrix" movie series; and also to another (originally) dark-horse story, "THEY Live". The ahead-of-its-time idea of these tales...

Heart of Darkness, ranked among the best books, is a novel by Polish-British 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 Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England. 

"Because of the Dollars" is a short story written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). First published in 1914, it is a typical Conradian tale of sea, sacrifice and disenchantment.

The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial in New York's Metropolitan Magazine (September—October) in the English Review (September 1916-March 1917) and published...

Although English was not his native tongue, Polish-born Joseph Conrad honed his language skills over his lifetime and would eventually become enshrined as one of the masters of English literature. As a sailor, he spent his free time during months-long voyages at sea writing stories, letters, and later,...

"An Outpost of Progress" is a short story written in July 1897 by Joseph Conrad, drawing on his own experience at Congo. The story deals with two European men, named Kayerts and Carlier, who are assigned to a trading post in a remote part of the African Jungle. There they take part in ivory...

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 English fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a strong Polish accent). He...

A Play In One Act. Joseph Conrad 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.