Conrad Joseph: 705 books

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: "The Tale brings together in one collection four stories by the celebrated author of Heart of Darkness. Set onboard a ship during an unnamed war, the title story is a harrowing account of guilt...

This little-known novella from one of the masters of the form is so unusual for Joseph Conrad's work in several respects, although not in its exotic maritime setting or its even more exotic prose—it is unusual in that it is one of his very few works to feature a woman as a leading character, and...

Typhon - Joseph Conrad  (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée)  Polonais d'origine, marin de métier, Conrad n'apprit l'anglais que très tard - il maîtrisait bien mieux le français. C'est donc au terme d'un labeur acharné qu'il dut construire son oeuvre...

In "Giovinezza", in "Lord Jim" e in "Cuore di tenebra" Charles Marlow aveva raccontato le vicende di personaggi annientati dal­l’in­contro con il destino. Ma in questo libro Joseph Conrad gli affida un compito ancora più delicato, e per molti versi estremo: raccontare...

Almayer’s Folly, Joseph Conrad’s first novel, is a tale of personal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils of colonialism. Set in the lush jungle of Borneo in the late 1800s, it tells of the Dutch merchant Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse...

An Outcast of the Islands is Joseph Conrad's second novel, first published in 1896 and inspired by Conrad's time as mate of the steamer The Vigar. Fleeing from scandal in Singapore, the disreputable Peter Willems hides out in a native village, only to betray his protectors in his lust for the daughter...

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) spent much of his life at sea, and his experiences as a mariner deeply influenced his fiction. He set many of his finest stories aboard ship, where his characters — closely confined, enduring the rigors of the sea — might struggle more intensely with the psychological...

"The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories" is a collection of seven shorter works by Joseph Conrad. The titular story is the tale of James Wait, a West Indian black sailor on board the merchant ship 'Narcissus' who falls ill during a voyage from Bombay to London. In "Youth" we have a semi-autobiographical...

Dieses eBook: "Seelenreisen auf der See: Gesammelte Werke" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) war ein Schriftsteller polnischer Herkunft, der seine Werke in englischer Sprache verfasste....

Joseph Conrad’ın denizci olduğu yıllarda Kongo’ya yaptığı bir yolculuktan esinlendiği Karanlığın Yüreği, yazarın en önemli yapıtı olmasının yanı sıra sömürgecilik konusunu derinlemesine irdeleyen bir çalışmadır. Roman, sömürgecilik olgusunu incelerken, roman...

Nostromo (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Joseph Conrad Descriptif : Nostromo est le chef-d'œuvre de Conrad. Ce roman de cinq cents pages raconte l'histoire d'une république d'Amérique latine avec ses coups d'État, ses guerres civiles,...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad demonstrates again his mastery of prose fiction forms. In this case Conrad has written a novella about a sea captain named Whalley who has had a financial disaster...

This little-known novella from one of the masters of the form is so unusual for Joseph Conrad's work in several respects, although not in its exotic maritime setting or its even more exotic prose—it is unusual in that it is one of his very few works to feature a woman as a leading character, and...

This little-known novella from one of the masters of the form is so unusual for Joseph Conrad's work in several respects, although not in its exotic maritime setting or its even more exotic prose—it is unusual in that it is one of his very few works to feature a woman as a leading character, and...