Joseph Conrad (Polish pronunciation: born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until he was in his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive,...

Joseph Conrad (Polish pronunciation: born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until he was in his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive,...

Joseph Conrad (Polish pronunciation: born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until he was in his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive,...

The Secret Agent A Simple Tale By Joseph Conrad 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 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 in Verloc's relationship with his brother-in-law Stevie, who has a learning difficulty. Because of its...

Ce roman est l'histoire noire et comique des espions, terroristes, anarchistes et agents provocateurs d'une puissance etrangere non nommee (mais ressemblant a la Russie) dans les ruelles mal famees de Londres au debut du xxe siecle. Le personnage principal est Verloc, agent secret infiltrant le milieu anarchiste, implique dans un ambitieux plan terroriste qui aboutit a poser une bombe a l'observatoire royal de Greenwich. Les autres personnages sont la femme de Verloc Winnie, le frere de celle-ci Stevie, les anarchistes Ossipon et Michaelis et le prefet adjoint de la police de Londres."

Almayer's Folly, published in 1895, is Joseph Conrad's first novel. Set in the late 19th century, it centers on the life of the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer in the Borneo jungle and his relationship to his mixed heritage daughter Nina. Almayer's Folly 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 under the weight of his own greed and prejudice. Nadine Gordimer writes in her Introduction,...

Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist who lived most of his life in Britain and didn't learn English until age 21. The young Conrad lived an adventurous life involving gunrunning and political conspiracy, and apparently had a disastrous love affair that plunged him into despair. He served 16 years in the merchant navy. In 1894, at age 36, Conrad reluctantly gave up the sea, partly because of poor health and partly because he had decided on a literary career. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. "The six stories in this volume are the result of some three or...

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect of the 20th Century on British aristocracy appeared to predict history. It was first published in London by William Heinemann and later the same year in New York by McClure, Phillips & Co. In the novel, the metaphor of the "fourth dimension" is used to explain a societal shift from a generation of people...

"Heart of Darkness" and "Lord Jim," narrated by the same character Marlow, feature prominently on lists of classics. They explore the depths of the human condition away from the society's conventions.

Ce roman raconte l'histoire de Jim, jeune officier de marine marchande britannique marque d'infamie apres l'abandon en mer Rouge, sans que les centaines de passagers embarques n'en soient prevenus, d'un navire, le Patna, qu'il pensait etre sur le point de sombrer, et qui consacre le reste de sa vie a tenter de restaurer sa legitimite, en particulier a Patusan, territoire de l'Asie du Sud-Est. Jim est un homme d'extreme bravoure en ses intentions, mais d'une couardise insigne en ses actions; a la poursuite d'un reve d'heroisme grandiose, et en perpetuel recul devant l'adversite; un geant en...