Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
Author of Heart of Darkness
About the Author
Joseph Conrad is recognized as one of the 20th century's greatest English language novelists. He was born Jozef Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski on December 3, 1857, in the Polish Ukraine. His father, a writer and translator, was from Polish nobility, but political activity against Russian oppression led show more to his exile. Conrad was orphaned at a young age and subsequently raised by his uncle. At 17 he went to sea, an experience that shaped the bleak view of human nature which he expressed in his fiction. In such works as Lord Jim (1900), Youth (1902), and Nostromo (1904), Conrad depicts individuals thrust by circumstances beyond their control into moral and emotional dilemmas. His novel Heart of Darkness (1902), perhaps his best known and most influential work, narrates a literal journey to the center of the African jungle. This novel inspired the acclaimed motion picture Apocalypse Now. After the publication of his first novel, Almayer's Folly (1895), Conrad gave up the sea. He produced thirteen novels, two volumes of memoirs, and twenty-eight short stories. He died on August 3, 1924, in England. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim / The Nigger of Narcissus / Typhoon / Nostromo / The Secret Agent (1951) 168 copies
Joseph Conrad: Three Great Tales (Heart of Darkness, Typhoon, Nigger of the Narcissus) (1958) 93 copies
Typhoon and Other Tales 50 copies
The shadow-line, and two other tales: Typhoon, The secret sharer (Doubleday anchor books, A178) (1959) — Author — 35 copies
The Complete Short Fiction of Joseph Conrad: The Stories (Conrad, Joseph//Complete Short Fiction of Joseph Conrad) (1935) 29 copies
Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire, A Longman Cultural Edition (2006) 27 copies
Fictions of Empire: Complete Texts With Introduction, Historical Contexts, Critical Essays (New Riverside Editions) (2002) 25 copies
Works of Joseph Conrad. (25 Works) Includes Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer, The Secret Agent, Under Western… (2008) 25 copies
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Secret Sharer / Transformation: Three Tales of Doubles (2008) — Contributor — 21 copies
Joseph Conrad, life and letters 18 copies
Lord Jim 14 copies
Three Novels by Joseph Conrad: The Nigger of the Narcissus, Heart of Darkness, The Secret Sharer (1970) 13 copies
Heart of Darkness. The Congo Diary 12 copies
Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House) (2012) 10 copies
Heart of Darkness 9 copies
[unidentified works] 8 copies
Short Stories 8 copies
Eight tales 7 copies
The Conrad Reader 7 copies
Laughing Anne & One day more. Two plays by .... With an introduction by John Galsworthy. (1924) 6 copies
The Definitive Joseph Conrad Collection: The Collected Novels in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 6 copies
EL ALMA DEL GUERRERO 6 copies
The Sisters 6 copies
Mensen en de zee 5 copies
Reading & Training : Joseph Conrad : Heart of darkness [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 5 copies
El corazon de las tinieblas, con el Diario del Congo de Conrad y Las voces de Kurtz (Spanish Edition) (2015) 4 copies
Four Sensational Adventure Novels 4 copies
Il Conde 4 copies
The Inheritors / Almayer's Folly — Author — 4 copies
Greatest Works of Joseph Conrad: Nostromo, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, Victory, The Shadow-Line, The Arrow of Gold,… (2012) 3 copies
Almayer's Folly / Last Essays — Author — 3 copies
Lord Jim 1 3 copies
Epistolario 3 copies
Four Fictions 3 copies
The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad (The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad) (2015) 3 copies
Histórias de horror 3 copies
Obras completas IV 2 copies
The arrow of gold / The rescue 2 copies
Noveller 2 copies
Joseph Conrad, Werke, 4 Bde., Almayers Luftschloss, Herz der Finsternis, Freya von den sieben Inseln, Lord Jim -… (2000) 2 copies
Heart of darkness 2 copies
Jarrett(?) and Two other Stories 2 copies
An Outcast of the Islands Annotated 2 copies
De Paises Lejanos 2 copies
Joseph Conrad 10 Book Set (Lord Jim, Youth, Chance, Suspense, The Arrow of Gold, Twixt Land and Sea, Tales of Unrest,… (1928) 2 copies
At the Door of Darkness 2 copies
Lord Jim; an authoritative text . . . Edited by Thomas Moser Norton critical editions (1968) 2 copies
Heart of Darkness 2 copies
La Linea d’ombra. Cuore di tenebra 2 copies
Storie di mare e di marinai 2 copies
The Heart of Darkness: Level 6 2 copies
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad 2 copies
Tutti i racconti e i romanzi brevi 2 copies
The Collected Short Stories of Joseph Conrad: 28 Short Stories in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 2 copies
Four great short stories 2 copies
Karain och andra berättelser 2 copies
Lord Jim. tom II 2 copies
Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels and Novellas A Biography of the Author (The Greatest Writers of All Time) (2017) 2 copies
Erzählungen 1 copy
The Inheritors and The Nature of a Crime (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad) (2022) 1 copy
Il compagno segreto 1 copy
Juventude - ed. clube 1 copy
Agentul secret 1 copy
GERI ZEKALILAR 1 copy
LORD XHIMI 1 copy
Gospoda pod dwiema wiedźmami 1 copy
Contos do Desassossego 1 copy
Tifo 1902 1 copy
Un reietto delle isole 1 copy
Freya fra de syv øer 1 copy
Ungdom 1 copy
THE SECRET SHARER Annotated 1 copy
Nostrodomo (German Edition) 1 copy
The Novels of Joseph Conrad 1 copy
Wybór nowel 1 copy
Nostromo (Videotape) 1 copy
Joseph Conrad TALES OF HEARSAY 1926 Doubleday, Page & Co., NY Leatherbound [Hardcover] unknown 1 copy
Heart of Darkness (British Classics Series): Including Author's Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays 1 copy
The Secret Agent / The Inheritors — Author — 1 copy
In the heart of darkness 1 copy
Alma Russa 1 copy
La laguna e altri racconti 1 copy
Corsarul 1 copy
II Conde 1 copy
හෘද සාක්ෂියක අඳෝනාව 1 copy
A Conrad Companion 1 copy
Cloak and Dagger — Author — 1 copy
Listy 1 copy
The N----- of the Narcissus 1 copy
An Introduction to Conrad. 1 copy
Spas 1 copy
El agente secreto. Novela. 1 copy
The Warrior's Soul 1 copy
Niggeren på "Narcis" 1 copy
Pirouzi (Victory) 1 copy
Christmas Day at Sea 1 copy
Henry James, an appreciation 1 copy
The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad [Partial Set of 15 Volumes, 1-3, 5-12, 21, 22, 24] (1. Arrow of Gold; 2. Chance; 3.… (1924) 1 copy
Selected short stories 1 copy
Joseph Conrad Ultimate Collection: 18 Novels, 20 Short Stories, Letters & Memoirs: Including Classics like Heart of… (2015) 1 copy
Works (Malay Edition) 1 copy
Well Done! 1 copy
The Shifting of the Fire 1 copy
Lagunen : Fortellinger 1 copy
3: Romanzi occidentali 1 copy
Joseph Conrad on The Art of Writing. Being a reprinting of the original preface to "The Nigger of the Narcissus" Issued… (1914) 1 copy
Opowiadania wybrane 1 copy
The World at War 1914-1918 1 copy
O życiu i literaturze 1 copy
New Oxford Progressive English Readers: Level 2: Lord Jim (Oxford Progressive English Readers Hong Kong) (2007) 1 copy
Ultimi romanzi 1 copy
Novellas and Short Stories 1 copy
Memoirs and essays 1 copy
Initiation 1 copy
Lord Jim. Guild edition 1 copy
Heart of Darkness and Other Stories by Joseph Conrad (Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection Book 111) (2012) 1 copy
The Tale and Other Stories 1 copy
The Men Behind The Trident 1 copy
Corazón de las tinieblas: (y Cuadernos del Congo) (Grandes Clásicos) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Youth / Heart of Darkness — Author — 1 copy
50 Mystery and Detective masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1 (2021 Edition) (2020) 1 copy
The Lagoon and Other Stories 1 copy
Obras completas III 1 copy
Mr. Vladimir and Mr. Verloc 1 copy
Within the Tides Annotated 1 copy
Ostatnie szkice 1 copy
Cuore di tenebra - La linea d'ombra: Ediz. integrali (Grandi Classici Vol. 21) (Italian Edition) (2015) 1 copy
The Age Of Fables 1 copy
All men are Brothers 1 copy
The Best of Joseph Conrad 1 copy
Przygoda 1 copy
Ölüm Seferi 1 copy
Teatro 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 147 copies
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 132 copies
A Little Night Reading: Twenty Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1974) — Contributor — 14 copies
British Mystery Megapack Volume 3: The Mysterious Affair At Styles, The Secret Agent, The Man Who Would Be King, A… (2014) 12 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Best-in-Books: House of Moreys / Return in August / Small Miracle / Typhoon / Mexico (1954) 6 copies
Ein Baum wächst in Brooklyn / Taifun / Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame / Lausbubengeschichten (1973) 5 copies
Stories of the Sea — Contributor — 4 copies
Selected Stories of Great Authors — Contributor — 3 copies
Modern Short Stories — Contributor — 3 copies
Historier fra de syv have — Author, some editions — 2 copies
Speculative Fiction and Imperialism in Africa (Political Future Fiction: Speculative and Counter-Factual Politics in… (2013) — Contributor — 1 copy
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy
50 seltsame Geschichten — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Konrad Naleçz
- Other names
- Conrad, Joseph
- Birthdate
- 1857-12-03
- Date of death
- 1924-08-03
- Burial location
- Canterbury Cemetery, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russian Empire (political birthplace)
Ukraine (modern geographical birthplace)
Poland (cultural birthplace)
UK (Naturalised citizenship) - Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- Terekhove near Berdyczów, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire (now Berdychiv, Ukraine)
- Place of death
- Bishopsbourne, Kent, England, UK
- Cause of death
- heart attack
- Places of residence
- Bishopsbourne, Kent, England, UK
Lwow, Poland
Vologda, Russia
Marseille, France
Warsaw, Poland
Chernihiv, Ukraine (show all 7)
Krakow, Poland - Education
- homeschooled
- Occupations
- novelist
short story writer
sailor - Relationships
- Conrad, Jessie (wife)
Curle, Richard (friend) - Short biography
- Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. Conrad wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe.
Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced numerous authors, and many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that Conrad's fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events.
Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew, among other things, on his native Poland's national experiences and on his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world—including imperialism and colonialism—and that profoundly explore the human psyche.
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