The tale of a mortally ill man on a homeward bound ship and the effect he has on his ship mates.
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Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:Genre: Classic fiction -
Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west! Jim is a well-bred young romantic who takes to the seas with hopes of adventure and the...
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Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:This edition of Conrad's classic 1912 short story reprints the authoritative text of the 1924 Doubleday Edition together with five critical essays - all newly commissioned - that read "...
Genre: Psychological fiction -
Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:The Nan-Shan was on her way from the southward to the treaty port of Fuchau with cargo 200 Chinese coolies on board. Observing the steady fall of the barometer, Captain acWhirr thought: There's...
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Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:On board the British ship the NELLIE, Marlow told a group of men his story... He told them of his strange, eventful, yet horrific journey into Africa as an agent for the Company, which traded in...
Genre: Psychological fiction, Classic fiction -
Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:Around the figure of Nostromo, Conrad spins a story about revolution, politics, and racial conflicts as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself. Heading the Gould Concession,...
Genre: Classic fiction, Political fiction -
Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:Alone on a tropical island, a Swedish baron and a beautiful violinist discover the long-lost joys of love. But when two treasure hunters arrive on the beach, the lovers know that evil has invaded...
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Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:
This is the story of a young man unwittingly caught in the political turmoil of pre-revolutionary czarist Russia. When a bomb kills a hated Russian minister of police, along with several innocent...
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Author: Conrad, JosephSummary:
In Victory (1915) Conrad returns to the Malay Archipelago, to the setting of his first mature novel, Lord Jim, and in Axel Heyst he creates a hero who is in many ways similar to Jim, a noble...
Genre: Psychological fiction