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Delphi Complete Works of Joseph Conrad (Illustrated)
Delphi Classics · 2013 · English · EPUB
This is the definitive digital Edition of the great modernist’s works, with every published novel, short story, novella and literary essay written by Joseph Conrad. One of the most significant writers of the 20th Century is accessible in his entirety for the first time in digital format. (Current version: 3)* ALL 19 novels, with perfect formatting* Links to famous film and TV adaptations* even the rare unfinished novel Suspense, not available anywhere else as a digital book* ALL 28 short stories, collected and perfectly formatted* ALL of the memoirs and literary criticism* Many images throughout the eBook relating to Conrad’s life and works* Informative and brief introductions to Conrad’s famous novelsPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels and NovellasALMAYER’S FOLLYAN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDSTHE N****R OF THE NARCISSUSLORD JIMTHE INHERITORSTYPHOONHEART OF DARKNESSROMANCENOSTROMOTHE SECRET AGENTUNDER WESTERN EYESCHANCEVICTORYTHE SHADOW-LINETHE ARROW OF GOLDTHE RESCUETHE NATURE OF A CRIMETHE ROVERSUSPENSE The Short StoriesTHE BLACK MATETHE IDIOTSTHE LAGOONAN OUTPOST OF PROGRESSTHE RETURNKARAIN: A MEMORYYOUTHFALKAMY FOSTERTO-MORROWTHE END OF THE TETHERGASPAR RUIZTHE INFORMERTHE BRUTEAN ANARCHISTTHE DUELIL CONDEA SMILE OF FORTUNETHE SECRET SHARERFREYA OF THE SEVEN ISLESPRINCE ROMANTHE PLANTER OF MALATATHE PARTNERTHE INN OF THE TWO WITCHESBECAUSE OF THE DOLLARSTHE WARRIOR’S SOULTHE TALE The MemoirsTHE MIRROR OF THE SEAA PERSONAL RECORD The EssaysNOTES ON LIFE AND LETTERSLAST ESSAYSPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
This carefully edited collection of "The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. TABLE OF CONTENTS Novels Almayer's Folly An Outcast of the Islands The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Inheritors Typhoon & Falk The End of the Tether Romance Nostromo The Secret Agent The Nature of a Crime Under Western Eyes Chance Victory The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Rescue The Rover Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel (unfinished) Short Stories Point of Honor: A Military Tale Falk: A Reminiscence Amy Foster To-morrow Karain, A Memory The Idiots The Outpost of Progress The Return Youth 'Twixt Land and Sea A Smile of Fortune The Secret Sharer Freya of the Seven Isles Gaspar Ruiz The Informer The Brute An Anarchist The Duel Il Conde The Warrior's Soul Prince Roman The Tale The Black Mate The Planter of Malata The Partner The Inn of the Two Witches Because of the Dollars Play One Day More Memoirs, Letters and Essays Collected Letters A Personal Record The Mirror of the Sea Notes on My Books Notes on Life & Letters Autocracy And War The Crime Of Partition A Note On The Polish Problem Poland Revisited Reflections On The Loss Of The Titanic Certain Aspects Of Inquiry Protection Of Ocean Liners A Friendly Place On Red Badge of Courage Biography & Critical Essays Joseph Conrad by Hugh Walpole Joseph Conrad, A Personal Remembrance by Ford Madox Ford The Making of an Author by Robert Lynd Tales of Mystery by Robert Lynd Joseph Conrad by J. A. Macy A Conrad Miscellany by J. A. Macy Joseph Conrad & The Athenæum by Arnold Bennett Joseph Conrad by Virginia Woolf Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe.
Heart of Darkness: Classic Original by Joseph Conrad(Illustrated Edition)
Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US · 2021 · English · EPUB
Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon.
This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary.
The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain, employed by a Belgian trading company. Although the river is never specifically named, readears may assume it is the Congo River, in the Congo Free State, a private colony of King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver; however, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization in a cover up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region.
Joseph Conrad the Dover Reader
Courier Corporation · 2014 · English · EPUB
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 amid the world's vast indifference. This anthology offers readers the essential Joseph Conrad, including his debut novel, Almayer's Folly. Other features include his political thriller, The Secret Agent, along with his most famous novel, Heart of Darkness, and a related account of an 1890 expedition, The Congo Diary. A selection of short stories includes "Youth: A Narrative," "An Anarchist," "An Outpost of Progress," and "The Secret Sharer.
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Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Echo Library · 2007 · English · PDF
<p>One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbor town of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whetherits fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled foreman of the mine, is tested to the limit. Conrad's evocation of Latin America--its grand landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and the tenacity of individuals swept up in imperial ambitions--has never been bettered. This edition features a new introduction with fresh historical and interpretative perspectives, as well as detailedexplanatory notes which pay special attention to the literary, political, historical, and geographical allusions and implications of the novel. A map, a chronology of the narrative, a glossary of foreign terms, and an appendix reprinting the serial ending all complement what is sure to be thedefinitive edition of this classic work.</p> <div><p>One of the greatest political novels in any language, <em>Nostromo</em> reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbor town of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled foreman of the mine, is tested to the limit.<br> Conrad's evocation of Latin America--its grand landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and the tenacity of individuals swept up in imperial ambitions--has never been bettered. This edition features a new introduction with fresh historical and interpretative perspectives, as well as detailed explanatory notes which pay special attention to the literary, political, historical, and geographical allusions and implications of the novel. A map, a chronology of the narrative, a glossary of foreign terms, and an appendix reprinting the serial ending all complement what is sure to be the definitive edition of this classic work. </p> <p><strong>About the Series:</strong> For over 100 years <strong>Oxford World's Classics</strong> has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. </p> <p>**</p></div>
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Echo Library · 2007 · English · EPUB
<p>One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbor town of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whetherits fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled foreman of the mine, is tested to the limit. Conrad's evocation of Latin America--its grand landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and the tenacity of individuals swept up in imperial ambitions--has never been bettered. This edition features a new introduction with fresh historical and interpretative perspectives, as well as detailedexplanatory notes which pay special attention to the literary, political, historical, and geographical allusions and implications of the novel. A map, a chronology of the narrative, a glossary of foreign terms, and an appendix reprinting the serial ending all complement what is sure to be thedefinitive edition of this classic work.</p> <div><p>One of the greatest political novels in any language, <em>Nostromo</em> reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbor town of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled foreman of the mine, is tested to the limit.<br> Conrad's evocation of Latin America--its grand landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and the tenacity of individuals swept up in imperial ambitions--has never been bettered. This edition features a new introduction with fresh historical and interpretative perspectives, as well as detailed explanatory notes which pay special attention to the literary, political, historical, and geographical allusions and implications of the novel. A map, a chronology of the narrative, a glossary of foreign terms, and an appendix reprinting the serial ending all complement what is sure to be the definitive edition of this classic work. </p> <p><strong>About the Series:</strong> For over 100 years <strong>Oxford World's Classics</strong> has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. </p> <p>**</p></div>
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOSEPH CONRAD - Illustrated
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2017 · English · EPUB
Why buy our paperbacks? Expedited shipping High Quality Paper Made in USA Standard Font size of 10 for all books 30 Days Money Back Guarantee BEWARE of Low-quality sellers Don't buy cheap paperbacks just to save a few dollars. Most of them use low-quality papers & binding. Their pages fall off easily. Some of them even use very small font size of 6 or less to increase their profit margin. It makes their books completely unreadable. How is this book unique? Unabridged (100% Original content) Font adjustments & biography included Illustrated The Tale by Joseph Conrad The Tale by Joseph Conrad brings together in one collection four stories by Joseph Conrad. Set onboard a ship during an unnamed war, the title story is a harrowing account of guilt and responsibility, showing Conrad at his most accomplished as a master of psychological penetration. Accompanying this is another study of the brutal turns of fortune visited on the unwary by war: 'The Warrior's Soul' takes place during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and traces the interweaving relationship between a beautiful woman and the two men who love her. 'Prince Roman', meanwhile, is one of Conrad's earliest stories, and the only piece in his entire oeuvre that touches on his homeland, Poland. The collection concludes with 'The Black Mate', a witty and light-hearted illustration of life aboard ship.
" "Spanning Joseph Conrad's entire literary career, these four stories touch on some of his major interests - war, imperialism, life at sea - showing him at his most intimate and ambitious.
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The COMPLETE WORKS OF JOSEPH CONRAD – Novels, Short Stories, Memoirs, Essays & Letters: Classics of World Literature From One of the Greatest English Novelists: Heart of Darkness, the Duel, Lord Jim, the Secret Agent, Nostromo, the Shadow-Line & Under Western Eyes
e-artnow · 2017 · English · EPUB
This carefully edited collection of "The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. TABLE OF CONTENTS Novels Almayer's Folly An Outcast of the Islands The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Heart of Darkness Lord Jim The Inheritors Typhoon & Falk The End of the Tether Romance Nostromo The Secret Agent The Nature of a Crime Under Western Eyes Chance Victory The Shadow Line The Arrow of Gold The Rescue The Rover Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel (unfinished) Short Stories Point of Honor: A Military Tale Falk: A Reminiscence Amy Foster To-morrow Karain, A Memory The Idiots The Outpost of Progress The Return Youth 'Twixt Land and Sea A Smile of Fortune The Secret Sharer Freya of the Seven Isles Gaspar Ruiz The Informer The Brute An Anarchist The Duel Il Conde The Warrior's Soul Prince Roman The Tale The Black Mate The Planter of Malata The Partner The Inn of the Two Witches Because of the Dollars Play One Day More Memoirs, Letters and Essays Collected Letters A Personal Record The Mirror of the Sea Notes on My Books Notes on Life & Letters Autocracy And War The Crime Of Partition A Note On The Polish Problem Poland Revisited Reflections On The Loss Of The Titanic Certain Aspects Of Inquiry Protection Of Ocean Liners A Friendly Place On Red Badge of Courage Biography & Critical Essays Joseph Conrad by Hugh Walpole Joseph Conrad, A Personal Remembrance by Ford Madox Ford The Making of an Author by Robert Lynd Tales of Mystery by Robert Lynd Joseph Conrad by J. A. Macy A Conrad Miscellany by J. A. Macy Joseph Conrad & The Athenæum by Arnold Bennett Joseph Conrad by Virginia Woolf Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe.
The End of the Tether: And Other Tales
Oxford University Press · 2022 · English · EPUB
'(Conrad) thought of civilised and morally tolerable human life as a dangerous walk on a thin crust of barely cooled lava which at any moment might break and let the unwary sink into fiery depths' - Bertrand Russell This selection of four tales by Conrad is about radical insecurity: lone human beings involuntarily forced into confrontation with a terrifying universe in which they can never be wholly at home. It leads with 'The End of the Tether' and includes also ' The Duel', ' The Return', and 'Amy Foster' - Sailor, Soldier, Rich Man, Immigrant. These powerful shorter works remind readers that Conrad is not just the teller of sea stories and tales of imperialist action, and not only the author of the ubiquitous 'Heart of Darkness'. This is the Conrad who is master of the terror element - global crisis, individual test, and personal trauma - in modern literature. For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Secret Agent
Random House Publishing Group · 2000 · English · EPUB
<p>Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeThe Secret Agent is the unsurpassed ancestor of a long series of twentieth-century novels and films which explore the confused motives that lieat the heart of political terrorism. In its use of powerful psychological insight to intensify narrative suspense, it set the terms by which subsequentworks in its genre were created. Conrad was the first novelist to discover the strange in-between territory of the political exile, and his genius wassuch that we still have no truer map of that region's moral terrain than his story of a terrorist plot and its tragic consequences for the guilty andinnocent alike.</p> <i>The Secret Agent</i> is the unsurpassed ancestor of a long series of twentieth-century novels and films which explore the confused motives that lie<br>at the heart of political terrorism. In its use of powerful psychological insight to intensify narrative suspense, it set the terms by which subsequent<br>works in its genre were created. Conrad was the first novelist to discover the strange in-between territory of the political exile, and his genius was<br>such that we still have no truer map of that region's moral terrain than his story of a terrorist plot and its tragic consequences for the guilty and<br>innocent alike.
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, by Joseph Conrad, a Novel: Spy Fiction, Complete in One Volume
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2016 · English · EPUB
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1907.The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia). The Secret Agent is notable for being one of Conrad's later political novels in which he moved away from his former tales of seafaring. The novel deals broadly with anarchism, espionage and terrorism.
It also deals with exploitation of the vulnerable, particularly in Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie, who has an intellectual disability.
Because of its terrorism theme, it was noted as "one of the three works of literature most cited in the American media" two weeks after the September 11 attacks. *Plot summary* The novel is set in London in 1886 and follows the life of Mr. Verloc, a secret agent. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives, and bric-a-brac. He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie. Stevie has a mental disability, possibly autism, [4] which causes him to be very excitable; his sister, Verloc's wife, attends to him, treating him more as a son than as a brother. Verloc's friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. Although largely ineffectual as terrorists, their actions are known to the police. The group produce anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P., an acronym for The Future of the Proletariat. The novel begins in Verloc's home, as he and his wife discuss the trivialities of everyday life, which introduces the reader to Verloc's family. Soon after, Verloc leaves to meet Mr. Vladimir, the new First Secretary in the embassy of a foreign country. Although a member of an anarchist cell, Verloc is also secretly employed by the Embassy as an agent provocateur. Vladimir informs Verloc that from reviewing his service history he is far from an exemplary model of a secret agent and, to redeem himself, must carry out an operation - the destruction of Greenwich Observatory by a bomb explosion. Vladimir explains that Britain's lax attitude to anarchism endangers his own country, and he reasons that an attack on 'science', which he claims is the current vogue amongst the public, will provide the necessary outrage for suppression. Verloc later meets with his friends, who discuss politics and law, and the notion of a communist revolution. Unbeknownst to the group, Stevie, Verloc's brother-in-law, overhears the conversation, which greatly disturbs him. The novel flashes forward to after the bombing has taken place. Comrade Ossipon meets The Professor, who discusses having given explosives to Verloc. The Professor then describes the nature of the bomb which he carries in his coat at all times: it allows him to press a button which will blow him up in twenty seconds, and those nearest to him. After The Professor leaves the meeting, he stumbles into Chief Inspector Heat. Heat is a policeman who is working on the case regarding a recent explosion at Greenwich, where one man was killed. Heat informs The Professor that he is not a suspect in the case, but that he is being monitored due to his terrorist inclinations and anarchist background. Knowing that Michaelis has recently moved to the countryside to write a book, the Chief Inspector informs the Assistant Commissioner that he has a contact, Verloc, who may be able to assist in the case. The Assistant Commissioner shares some of the same high society acquaintances with Michaelis and is chiefly motivated by finding the extent of Michaelis's involvement in order to assess any possible embarrassment to his connections. He later speaks to his superior, Sir Ethelred, about his intentions to solve the case alone, rather than rely on the effort of Chief Inspector Heat...........
Under Western Eyes (Annotated)
Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US · 2019 · English · EPUB
Under Western Eyes is a novel Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Crime and Punishment; ... Wikipedia
Victory
Independently Published · 2021 · English · EPUB
"She was engaged in the task of defending her position in life," said Heyst. "It's a very respectable task.
"― Joseph Conrad, VictoryVictory, also known as Victory: An Island Tale, is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad.
Heyst never knew his mother and was raised by his widowed father. His father has died, but his pessimistic view of humanity stayed with Heyst. After his father's demise, Heyst leaves England and becomes a rootless wanderer. In his travels, he comes across Captain Morrison, who is in danger of getting his ship confiscated. Heyst intervenes with a loan. The two establish a relationship, and although Heyst attempts to go back to his solitude, Morrison ́s friendship proves it hard to do so. Eventually, Heyst finally accepts Morrison ́s presence in his life. The Tropical Belt Coal Company was established with their partnership, and Heyst becomes the manager- although he has no interest in this enterprise. Morrison dies, and soon the coal company goes bankrupt. The novel's protagonist, Axel Heyst, lives as a hermit in the abandoned coal mine he once managed. Will Heyst ́s compassion ever be aroused again, or will he forever be lonesome? Add to cart and get your copy now!
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