Joseph Conrad

Victory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved "popular success." The New York Times, however, called it "an uneven book" and "more open to criticism than most of Mr. Conrad's best work." The novel's "most striking formal characteristic is its shifting narrative and temporal perspective" with the first section from the viewpoint of a sailor, the second from omniscient perspective of Axel Heyst, the third from an interior perspective from Heyst, and the final section has an omniscient narrator. It has been adapted into film a number of times. (wikipedia.org)

"I am glad that I am alive, if, for no other reason, because of the joy of reading this book."--Jack London. First published in 1915, "Victory" follows the character Axel Heyst, a Swede who renounces the world and lives on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago. He is shaken from his self-imposed isolation, however, after a chance encounter with Lena, a young Englishwoman in a touring ladies' orchestra. Axel comes to her aid when she is accosted by a loutish hotel owner. They seek refuge on his island, and Axel begins to see the value of life as a relationship with Lena unfolds. All too soon, however, three men set on revenge for the hotel owner, arrive on the island. The events that follow spiral into a devastating tragedy, and Conrad ultimately compels readers to decide on what constitutes defeat or victory in this characteristically descriptive, powerful narrative. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

To the destruction of what is. London, 1886: Adolf Verloc, by day he is a small shop owner who lives uneventfully with his wife, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law. By night, he is an agent provocateur. The unnamed country in which employs his clandestine life has found his service record to be lacking, and in order to redeem himself, they offer him a new and dangerous mission. One of terrorist machinations, this new mission finds Adolf convincing a group of local Anarchists to detonate a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory.

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Growing up on reading books on sea adventures, Jim constantly daydreams about becoming a seafaring hero, yet he has never faced any real danger. While he is serving aboard a vessel called the Patna, carrying Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, when the ship suffers damage and in danger to sink. With a storm approaching, the crew abandons her and her passengers to their fate.

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Set in London in 1886, the novel follows the life of Adolf Verloc, a secret agent. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives and bric-a-brac. He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie. Stevie has a mental disability, possibly autism, which causes him to be excitable; his sister, Verloc's wife, attends to him, treating him more as a son than as a brother. Verloc's friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. Although largely ineffectual as terrorists, their actions are known to the police. The group produces anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F. P., an acronym for The Future of the Proletariat. 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.

Joseph Conrads roman Mörkrets hjärta i nyöversättning och med efterord av Christian Ekvall. Mörkrets hjärta är en av världslitteraturens mest lästa och beundrade romaner, en evig modern klassiker. Decennium efter decennium känns den lika smärtsamt aktuell. Berättelsen är till synes enkel, det handlar om Charlie Marlow som reser uppför Kongofloden för att försöka finna den beryktade herr Kurtz. Om Kurtz sägs att han och hans mannar levererar mer elfenben än någon annan, i övrigt är allt som har med denne mystiske man att göra höljt i dunkel. Tills Marlow lyfter slöja efter slöja... ”Inte minsta lilla ljud hördes. Man såg sig häpet omkring och undrade om man var döv, sedan kom plötsligt natten och gjorde en blind dessutom. Vid tretiden på morgonen hoppade en stor fisk och åstadkom ett plask som fick mig att sätta mig upp lika snabbt som om en kanon hade avfyrats. När solen gick upp kom en vit dimma, mycket varm och klibbig och mer förblindande än natten. Den varken skingrades eller drev utan låg bara där överallt omkring oss som om den hade antagit fast form. Vid åtta eller nio lyfte den som en persienn.” Romanen om Marlows makliga färd uppför Kongo­floden allt djupare in i mörkrets hjärta känns lika sann ända in på skinnet som den är galen och absurd. Kurtz blir representanten för det oändliga vita övervåldet och allas ofrånkomliga självförbränning, ”Jag väntade på att vildmarken skulle brista ut i gapskratt som fick fixstjärnorna att skaka i sina fästen. Allting tillhörde honom, men det var inte viktigt.” Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) föddes i en ukrainsk provins i Polen av polska föräldrar. Efter att ha arbetat som sjökapten debuterade han som författare vid 38 års ålder, inte på sitt modersmål utan på engelska. Han blev en av den engelskspråkiga litteraturens stora. Mörkrets hjärta är ett av hans viktigaste verk. Boken har filmatiserats fyra gånger, den mest kända versionen är Francis Ford Coppolas Apokalypse Now från 1979 som flyttat handlingen från Kongo till Vietnam och Kambodja. Inspelningen blev av olika skäl kaotisk och präglades av samma kaos och storhetsvansinne som skulle skildras och filmen fångar på kornet den groteska ironi som genomsyrar romanen.

Chance(1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion." After her bankrupt father is imprisoned, she learns the harsh fact that a woman in her position "has no resources but in herself." Her only means of action is to be what she is. Flora's long struggle to achieve some dignity and happiness makes her Conrad's most moving female character.

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First published in 1904, "Nostromo" is widely considered one of Joseph Conrad's best works. Set in the fictitious mining town of Sulaco, a port city in the imaginary South American country of Costaguana, it is the story of Sen r Gould, an English expatriate who owns the silver-mining concession in the country. When the country becomes engulfed in increasing violence and chaos, Sen r Gould charges Nostromo, his trusted head longshoreman, with the duty of hiding his silver so that it does not fall into the hands of his political enemies. Nostromo is highly respected by his fellow citizens and is viewed as being incorruptible, so he is a natural choice for such a serious task. Nostromo succeeds in hiding the silver, but his good deed does not bring him the favor and respect that he feels is his due and his bitterness morphs into greed. Even the perfect and pure Nostromo cannot resist the power of the silver and it is his eventual undoing. Set against the lush landscape and turbulent politics of South America, "Nostromo" is a Conrad's masterful tale of the power of money, its ability to corrupt, and the destruction it leaves behind. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.