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Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness is a novel which unearths the cruelty and corruptions of European trading companies over the African natives. Charles Marlow, has been appointed by a Belgium Ivory trading company to transport the goods in the company stations on the Congo river. The sailor who originally intended to meet a mysterious Journalist name Kurtz who ..

The Secret Agent -  A Simple Tale

The Secret Agent - A Simple Tale

by Joseph Conrad

The Secret Agent is a novel based on the life of a spy written by Joseph Conrad, a Polish writer remembered for his narrative style and portraying anti-heroic characters. His notable works include Heart of Darkness, An Outcast of the Islands, and Nostromo. The story narrates the life of a spy who ruined his family to save his profession. Mr. Ver..

Nostromo -  A Tale of the Seaboard

Nostromo - A Tale of the Seaboard

by Joseph Conrad

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a novel written by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, who is remembered as one of the greatest novelists in English language for his novels include Heart of Darkness, The Secret Agent and Lord Jim. Costaguana, a fictional country meets political stability under the dictator Ribiera after a long run of tyrannical r..

The Secret Sharer

The Secret Sharer

by Joseph Conrad

The Secret Sharer is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, originally written in 1909. The Secret Sharer takes place on a sailing ship in the Gulf of Siam (now the Gulf of Thailand), at the start of a voyage with cargo for Britain. The date is probably in the 1880s, when Conrad was at sea himself. In common with many of Conrad's sto..

Tales of Unrest

Tales of Unrest

by Joseph Conrad

Tales of Unrest is a collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad originally published in 1898. Four of the five stories had been published previously in various magazines. This was the first published collection of any of Conrad's stories.The Stories"Karain: A Memory", first published in Blackwood's magazine in 1897"The Idiots", first published in..

The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" -  A Tale Of The Forecastle

The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" - A Tale Of The Forecastle

by Joseph Conrad

The Nigger of the 'Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle is a novella by Joseph Conrad. Because of its quality compared to earlier works, some have described it as marking the start of Conrad's major, or middle, period; others have placed it as the best work of his early, or first, period.  The title character, James Wait, is a dying West Indian..

The Shadow Line -  A Confession

The Shadow Line - A Confession

by Joseph Conrad

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 in book form in 1917 in the UK (March) and Amer..

Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes

by Joseph Conrad

Under Western Eyes is a novel by 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; Conrad was reputed to have detested Dostoevsky. This novel is considered to be one of Conrad's major works and is close in subject matter to The ..