Lord Jim / The Nigger of Narcissus / Typhoon / Nostromo / The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
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Joseph Conrad (1857?1924) was a major English novelist whose classic works of fiction depict the challenges to the human condition posed by the demands of duty and honour. Written in English, his third language after Polish and French, these works are excellent examples of Conrad's poetic prose and exotic style. This selected collection includes ?Heart of Darkness', ?Lord Jim', ?Nostromo' and ?The Secret Agent' in a single volume, and is an essential edition for collectors, students and
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Independently published, reprint of public domain work, contains ''The Nigger of the Narcissus'', ''Typhoon'', ''The Secret Sharer'', ''Youth'' and ''Heart of Darkness''
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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 to his exile. Conrad was orphaned at a young age show more 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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