Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his adventure to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The story told is of his early life as a ferry boat captain. Although his job was to transport ivory downriver, Charlie develops an interest in investing an ivory procurement agent, Kurtz, who is employed by the government. Preceded by his reputation as a brilliant emissary of progress, Kurtz has now established himself as a god among the natives in “one of the darkest places on earth.” Marlow suspects something else of Kurtz: he has gone mad. A reflection on corruptive European colonialism and a journey into the nightmare psyche of one of the corrupted, Heart of Darkness is considered one of the most influential works ever written.

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things go disastrously wrong, and what appears to be "a simple tale" proves to involve politicians, policemen, foreign diplomats, and London's fashionable society in the darkest and most surprising interrelations. Based on the text which Conrad's first English readers enjoyed, this new edition includes a full and up-to-date bibliography, a comprehensive chronology and a critical introduction which describes Conrad's great London novel as the realization of a "monstrous town," a place of idiocy, madness, criminality, and savage butchery. It also discusses contemporary anarchist activity in the UK, imperialism, and Conrad's narrative techniques.

Jim, a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the hajj. When the ship starts rapidly taking on water and disaster seems imminent, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are picked up by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also saved, and the reprehensible actions of the crew are exposed. The other participants evade the judicial court of inquiry, leaving Jim to the court alone. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with his past. The novel is counted as one of 100 best books of the 20th century.Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England. Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties. He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent world. He was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English tragic sensibility into English literature.Contents: Lord JimMemoirs & Letters:A Personal Record; or Some ReminiscencesThe Mirror of the SeaNotes on Life & LettersBiography & Critical Essays:Joseph Conrad (A Biography) by Hugh WalpoleJoseph Conrad by John Albert MacyA Conrad Miscellany by John Albert MacyJoseph Conrad by Virginia Woolf

"The Heart of Darkness" is the story of Charlie Marlow's voyage from the civilized world of Europe into the primitive interior of the Congo of Africa. As a manager of a Belgian ivory company, Marlow travels into the interior of Africa up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, an agent of the ivory company. Deep in the interior of Africa Marlow finds Kurtz living among the savage natives who revere him as a God. In "The Heart of Darkness," The Polish born Conrad has crafted a classic of English literature. It is an intense psychological drama that deals with the very nature of good and evil. With this narrative Conrad draws sharp contrast between the "civilized" and "uncivilized" world and presents the reader with a strong commentary of the evil savagery that lies at the heart of human existence.

The finest of all Conrad's tales, Heart of Darkness is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent, the renowned and formidable Mr. Kurtz. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature. Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted for film, radio, and television, the story shows Conrad at his most intense and sophisticated. The other three tales in this volume depict corruption and obsession, and question racial assumptions. Set in the exotic surroundings of Africa, Malaysia, and the east, they variously appraise the glamour, folly, and rapacity of imperial adventure. This revised edition uses the English first edition texts and has a new chronology and bibliography.

This selection of four tales by Conrad is about radical insecurity: lone human beings involuntarily forced into confrontation with a terrifying universe in which they can never be wholly at home. It leads with The End of the Tether and includes also The Duel, The Return, and Amy Foster - Sailor, Soldier, Rich Man, Immigrant. These powerful shorter works remind readers that Conrad is not just the teller of sea stories and tales of imperialist action, and not only the author of the ubiquitous Heart of Darkness. This is the Conrad who is master of the terror element - global crisis, individual test, and personal trauma - in modern literature. For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

A young man sets out on his first voyage as captain, aboard a vessel and among a crew that are equally unfamiliar to him. A mysterious night-swimmer climbs aboard, and, in keeping the presence of this fugitive a secret, the skipper risks both his captaincy and the safety of his ship. A test of nerve in the Gulf of Siam ensues.

Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, Lena, from Zangiacomo's Ladies' Orchestra and the evil innkeeper Schomberg, taking her to his island retreat. The affair between Heyst and Lena begins with her release, but the relationship shifts as Lena struggles to save Heyst from the detachment and isolation that have inhibited and influenced his life. Marked by a violent and tragic conclusion, Victory is both a tale of rescue and adventure and a perceptive study of a complex relationship and of the power of love.

A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men. Conrad's deeply moral consciousness and masterful narrative technique are at their best in this, one of his finest works.

Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing. It deals with topical moral issues such as the defensibility of terrorist resistance to tyranny and the loss of individual privacy in a surveillance society. This new edition uses the English first edition text and has a new bibliography and chronology. About the For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

In this pair of literary voyages into the inner self, Conrad wrote two of the most chilling, disturbing, and noteworthy pieces of fiction of the 20th century. "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Sharer" encapsulate his literary achievements--and his haunting portrayal of the dark side of man. Revised reissue.

"Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction," by Joseph Conrad, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics" series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: * New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars* Biographies of the authors* Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events* Footnotes and endnotes* Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work* Comments by other famous authors* Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations* Bibliographies for further reading* Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences--biographical, historical, and literary--to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. One of the most haunting stories ever written, Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" follows Marlow, a riverboat captain, on a voyage into the African Congo at the height of European colonialism. Astounded by the brutal depravity he witnesses, Marlow becomes obsessed with meeting Kurtz, a famously idealistic and able man stationed farther along the river. What he finally discovers, however, is a horror beyond imagining. "Heart of Darkness" is widely regarded as a masterpiece for its vivid study of human nature and the greed and ruthlessness of imperialism.This collection also includes three of Conrad's finest short stories: "Youth," the author's largely autobiographical tale of a young man's ill-fated sea voyage, in which Marlow makes his first appearance, "The Secret Sharer," and "Amy Forster." Features a map of the Congo Free State. A. Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has published articles on various twentieth-century British and postcolonial writers.

Escrita en forma de un largo monólogo, "El corazón de las tinieblas" es a la vez una sátira de los abusos de la colonización europea en el corazón del África negra y una alegoría moral de la degradación del ser humano ante las fuerzas corruptoras de la naturaleza salvaje. Símbolo de esta degradación, que sumirá a una mente brillante en las tinieblas de la locura, es el agente Kurtz (el coronel Kurtz, interpretado por Marlon Brando en la película "Apocalypse Now" de Francis Ford Coppola, basada en esta novela), cuyo deseo insaciable de riqueza y de poder le llevará a arrastrar impávido el horror y la abominación de una barbarie ancestral. Una travesía frenética en el corazón de un continente hostil y devastado, donde la oposición entre civilización y barbarie adoptará sus formas más funestas y destructivas.

Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. A young sea captain's first command brings with it a succession of crises: his sea is becalmed, the crew laid low by fever, and his deranged first mate is convinced that the ship is haunted by the malignant spirit of a previous captain. This is indeed a work full of "sudden passions," in which Conrad is able to show how the full intensity of existence can be experienced by the man who, in the words of the older Captain Giles, is prepared to "stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience." A subtle and penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood, The Shadow-Line investigates varieties of masculinity and desire in a subtext that counters the tale's seemingly conventional surface.

Uma das mais importantes obras da literatura mundial e inspiração para o filme Apocalypse Now, Coração das Trevas tem nova tradução, de José Rubens Siqueira, 60 ilustrações do artista plástico Cláudio Dantas e textos extra de Ana Maria Bahiana e Christian Dunker. "Não quero aborrecer muito vocês com o que aconteceu comigo.", diz o marinheiro Marlow aos colegas de navegação enquanto anoitece no Tâmisa. Ele começa então a relatar sua experiência no período em que esteve à frente de um barco a vapor em um rio na África. Ao chegar no Congo, Marlow conta ter recebido a missão de resgatar Kurtz, um brilhante comerciante que aparentemente havia perdido a sanidade. A viagem rio acima em busca desse misterioso homem é acompanhada de uma jornada pessoal para dentro das trevas e da loucura que habitam dentro de si. A história de Marlow e Kurtz já foi adaptada diversas vezes para outras mídias — cinema, ópera, e até para rádio, pelas mãos de Orson Welles. Mas sua adaptação mais famosa é o filme Apocalyse Now, de Francis Ford Coppola, que transpõe a narrativa do colonialismo africano para a guerra do vietnã. Esta nova edição conta com ilustrações de Cláudio Dantas, textos de Ana Maria Bahiana e Christian Dunker e uma tradução inédita do renomado tradutor José Rubens Siqueira, responsável por verter para a língua portuguesa livros como Desonra, de J.M. Coetzee e Grandes Esperanças, de Charles Dickens.

Romanul a inspirat, in 1979, celebra ecranizare Apocalypse now, in regia lui Francis Ford Coppola, cu Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando si Robert Duvall in rolurile principale. Charlie Marlow e capitanul onest al unui mic vas comercial ce strabate fluviul Congo in cautarea unui negustor de fildes enigmatic. Calatorind spre destinatia dezvaluita pe parcursul unei intregi povesti rupte parca dintr-un thriller, Marlow aude la rastimpuri un nume rostit cu respect, cu teama sau cu ura de tovarasii sai. Misteriosul personaj Kurtz ocupa treptat intregul fundal al povestii, al carei final intirzie, aminat de trecerea printr-o jungla intunecata, stranie, populata de canibali singerosi si strabatuta de un fluviu capricios, ce face inaintarea micii expeditii dureros de inceata.

Marlow, la voce narrante di questo romanzo, racconta la storia di Kurtz, misterioso personaggio che vive tra i nativi del Congo, guidandoli nelle loro scorribande per razziare avorio. A loro volta gli indigeni lo venerano come un dio in rituali dall'inaudita crudeltà. Marlow parte alla ricerca di Kurtz in quello che più che un viaggio verso una meta si rivela l'esplorazione dell'"orrore" di una conoscenza che significa fino in fondo il brutto di se stesso e della propria civiltà.

‘It was as if the sea, breaking down the wall protecting all the homes of the town, had sent a wave over her head’ . . . Set in a desolate English port, Conrad’s spare, savage turn-of-the-century story of lives haunted by the sea. One of Conrad’s most powerful, gripping stories. [ Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) ] Little Black Classics celebrates Penguin’s 80th birthday, introducing 80 works from the classics.

Detrás de la fachada de una tienda del Soho que vende mercancía un tanto dudosa vive Verloc con su mujer Winnie, la madre de ella y Stevie, el hermano de ésta. Verloc es un anarquista indolente que camufla sus actividades políticas bajo el velo de una vida doméstica y familiar. De acuerdo con Vladimir, un siniestro diplomático, durante los últimos años Verloc ha hecho bien poco para merecerse ni la más mínima cantidad de dinero pagado por su embajada y ya va siendo hora de provocar a la clase media. Verloc acepta la misión de Vladimir y pone una bomba en el Observatorio de Greenwich. Pero, después de la explosión, Verloc se da cuenta de que ha destruido bastante más que la complacencia de la burguesía inglesa. El agente secreto es, sin duda alguna, una de las grandes novelas del siglo XX. La descripción brillante del submundo del terrorismo, su ironía sin concesiones y la sátira negra sobre una sociedad moralmente corrupta es la culminación de muchas de las influencias de Conrad.

Džozef Konrad svakako nije klasik strave u žanrovskom smislu, iako se u svem svom bogatstvu može i kao takav posmatrati i poštovati; ali nesumnjivo jeste klasik svetske književnosti čiji ga je senzibilitet za mračna tajanstva čoveka, društva i kosmosa dovoljno često dovodio u blizinu tema i motiva strave, pa je njima shodnom retorikom iskazivao svoj svetonazor i, kao u slučaju priča odabranih za ovu knjigu, nepogrešivo umeo da izazove i jezu… i zapitanost nad srcem tame koje svako od nas nosi u grudima.

This is a collection of gripping tales of crime, crisis or disaster, in which ordinary people find themselves tested in extraordinary circumstances.

A traves de un personaje ficticio (el viejo marinero "Marlow"), Conrad describe una travesia por el rio Congo en busca del senor "Kurtz" que es el jefe de una explotacion de marfil. El encuentro con Kurtz, sera la confirmacion de la hipocrita actitud colonialista y pone en tela de juicio su caracter de cruzada moral y comercial. El director de cine Francis Ford Coppola se baso en este breve relato para su pelicula Apocalypse Now, que si bien estaba ambientada en la guerra de Vietnam, mantenia el espiritu del relato de Conrad.

Il racconto autobiografico Natale sul mare, scritto nel 1923, raccoglie vari episodi vissuti durante le festività trascorse in nave anziché in famiglia, tra i saluti distaccati degli ufficiali il mattino del giorno di festa, l’eccezionale scambio di doni tra imbarcazioni che si affiancano, i barili pieni di giornali e fichi secchi, e infine la gioia nel non dover pensare all’acquisto dei regali, pratica troppo convenzionale per un lupo di mare. Oltre a Natale sul mare, questo volume raccoglie alcuni degli articoli e appunti di Joseph Conrad scritti negli ultimi anni. In essi si rintraccia quella malinconia che accompagnò le fasi finali della vita dello scrittore, messo di fronte ai grandi cambiamenti in atto nell’arte della navigazione e all’inevitabile declino di un mondo a lui caro e familiare.

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