Joseph Conrad: 705 books
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
"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,...
Almayer's Folly
A Story of an Eastern River
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
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.
by Joseph Conrad, Ernesto Ferrero, Dario Pontuale
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 27, 2017
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 27, 2017
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...
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Louisa May Alcott, Grant Allen
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
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...
by Nikolai Gogol, H.P Lovecraft, Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
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...
DEEP, DARK & UNSETTLING: 100+ Gothic Classics in One Edition
Novels, Tales and Poems: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Tell-Tale Heart, Wuthering Heights, Sweeney Todd, The Orphan of the Rhine, The Headless Horseman & many more
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
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 eines östlichen Stroms
Language: German
Release Date: November 15, 2017
"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...
The Secret Agent
A Simple Tale
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
Set in London during the 1880s, Mr Verloc the shopkeeper leads a life of simplicity and obscurity - the perfect ingredients for his secret job as a spy.
Au bout du rouleau
Roman maritime
Language: French
Release Date: December 10, 2018
Un vieux capitaine se raconte.
Disparues les occasions qu’il aurait su comment saisir : et disparu aussi le troupeau aux ailes blanches de ces voiliers qui vivaient de la vie incertaine et turbulente des vents, et tiraient de grosses fortunes de l’écume de la mer. Dans un monde qui rognait...
La aventura
Justo una idea
Language: Spanish
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Cuando se aviva el brillo de la mirada es que hemos pronunciado la palabra aventura y con ella nos llega la posibilidad de cambio y novedad. Otras veces la aventura asoma sin permiso y nos desafía movilizando la capacidad heroica que hay en nosotros. La aventura, antes que épica, es justo una idea...
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2008
'To the white men in the waterside business and to the captain of ships he was just Jim - nothing more. He had, of course, another name, but he was anxious that it should not be pronounced.' Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman - 'as unflinching as a hero in a book' - who is...
The Secret Agent
"A Simple Tale"
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Mr Verloc, going out in the morning, left his shop nominally in charge of his brother-in-law. It could be done, because there was very little business at any time, and practically none at all before the evening. Mr Verloc cared but little about his ostensible business. And, moreover, his wife was...
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts,...
World's Greatest Classics in One Volume
Les Misérables, Hamlet, Jane Eyre, Ulysses, Huck Finn, Walden, War and Peace, Art of War, Siddhartha, Faust, Don Quixote, Arabian Nights, Bushido…
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Les Misérables (Victor Hugo) The Call of the Wild (Jack London) Walden (Henry David Thoreau) Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)...