Joseph Conrad: 705 books

Book cover of THE SHADOW-LINE
by Joseph Conrad
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 30, 2018

Only the young have such moments. I don't mean the very young. No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments. It is the privilege of early youth to live in advance of its days in all the beautiful continuity of hope which knows no pauses and no introspection. One closes behind one the little...
Book cover of Freya das Sete Ilhas
by Joseph Conrad, Eduardo Marks de Marques
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: May 30, 2014

O narrador recebe em Londres uma carta de um de seus velhos camaradas errantes das águas orientais, que pergunta se ele se lembra do velho Nielsen, de origem dinamarquesa e também conhecido como Nelson. Ele se lembra, certamente, da fazenda de tabaco, das conversas na varanda; lembra-se...
Book cover of Because of the Dollars
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016

This story features a very typical Conradian dramatic situation – an honourable protagonist in an isolated and vulnerable position, threatened by ruthless villains, and usually with the added complication of a woman on hand for whom the hero feels a gentlemanly sense of responsibility. It’s a...
Book cover of Typhon
by Joseph Conrad
Language: French
Release Date: May 31, 2018

Commandant le Nan-shan, le capitaine Mac Whirr est un homme taciturne. Voguer sur la mer de Chine pendant la saison des typhons ne l'inquiète pas vraiment. Quand, pendant la traversée, il voit l'aiguille du baromètre chuter comme il ne l'a jamais vue auparavant, sa première réflexion est qu'un...
Book cover of Le Frère-de-la-Côte
by Joseph Conrad
Language: French
Release Date: May 11, 2018

Un marin français, Jean Peyrol, ayant quitté le service de la marine nationale pendant les guerres napoléoniennes, se retire dans une ferme de la presqu'île de Giens. Il y vit avec la vieille Catherine, la jeune Arlette et le sans-culotte Scevola. Un officier venu de Toulon, le lieutenant Réal, voudrait induire en erreur la flotte de Nelson en empruntant la tartane de Peyrol.
Book cover of Chance
by Joseph Conrad, Golden Deer Classics
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2018

A remarkable book, the story of Flora De Barral, daughter of the Great De Barral, a monumental swindler, and her love for the sea captain who married her. Marlow tells the story in his usual quiet manner which is so dramatic under the quiet, and shows Chance the master hand directing and interfering at any moment.
Book cover of Typhon
by Joseph Conrad
Language: French
Release Date: June 29, 2015

Commandant le Nan-shan, le capitaine Mac Whirr est un homme taciturne. Voguer sur la mer de Chine pendant la saison des typhons ne l'inquiete pas vraiment. Quand, pendant la traversée, il voit l'aiguille du barometre chuter comme il ne l'a jamais vue auparavant, sa premiere réflexion est qu'un sale...
Book cover of Sous les yeux d'Occident
by Joseph Conrad
Language: French
Release Date: June 22, 2015

Un étudiant russe trouve un soir chez lui, caché, l'assassin d'un ministre de la répression tsariste survenue des heures plus tôt. Ce dernier lui demande de l'aider à fuir. Notre héros accepte, mais finit par le dénoncer à la police. Il se trouve alors pris dans un engrenage et est engagé pour espionner des révolutionnaires actifs à l'étranger, et notamment en Suisse....
Book cover of Nostromo
by Joseph Conrad
Language: German
Release Date: May 28, 2019

vollständige Fassung, kommentiert und in Neuer Deutscher Rechtschreibung Der fiktive Südamerika-Staat Costaguana, seit Jahrzehnten geprägt von Diktaturen, Bürgerkriegen und blutigen Regimewechseln. Eine Silbermine wird zum Gegenstand machtvoller Interessen im In- und Ausland. Durch eine neuerliche...
Book cover of Typhoon
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013

There's a treacherous typhoon on the horizon, and Captain McWhirr of the good ship Nan-Shan has two choices - go around it, or go through it. He chooses the latter, but will the consequences bring disaster to his ship, crew and him?
Book cover of Tales of Unrest
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013

A collection of short stories first published in 1898, and includes: Karain: A Memory, The Idiots, An Outpost of Progress, The Return, and The Lagoon.
Book cover of Amy Foster
by Joseph Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2014

The story of a dull-witted but compassionate English girl who falls in love with a strange man from Eastern Europe. This ignorant, wild, and romantic peasant from the Carpathian Mountains has been cast up by the sea, the only survivor from an emigrant ship bound for America. Unable to speak a word...
Book cover of Das Ende vom Lied

Das Ende vom Lied

Erzählung

by Joseph Conrad
Language: German
Release Date: November 11, 2010

Mit dem Autorenporträt aus dem Metzler Lexikon Weltliteratur.Mit Daten zu Leben und Werk, exklusiv verfasst von der Redaktion der Zeitschrift für Literatur TEXT + KRITIK.Alles ist anders gelaufen als erwartet. Kapitän Whalley, früher wohlhabend, erfolgreich, berühmt, ist im Alter dem finanziellen...
Book cover of Jugend

Jugend

Erzählung

by Joseph Conrad
Language: German
Release Date: November 11, 2010

Mit dem Werkbeitrag aus Kindlers Literatur Lexikon.Mit dem Autorenporträt aus dem Metzler Lexikon Weltliteratur.Mit Daten zu Leben und Werk, exklusiv verfasst von der Redaktion der Zeitschrift für Literatur TEXT + KRITIK.Ein triumphierendes Bewusstsein der eigenen Kraft, ein Gefühl der Unsterblichkeit,...
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