Joseph Conrad

Based on Conrad's own experiences captaining a ship, the narrator, Charles Marlow recites his tale of a voyage up the Congo River and those he meets - natives, a mysterious Russian and the menacing yet fascinating Mr Kurtz. Marlow is so horrified by his discoveries that he is all but ready to abandon so called civilisation. Flying High Press believes in making classic literature available to all, inclusive of reading disability or vision impairment. This edition is printed in large dyslexia-friendly font. "Now when I was a little chap I had a passion for maps. I would look for hours at South America, or Africa, or Australia, and lose myself in all the glories of exploration. At that time there were many blank spaces on the earth, and when I saw one that looked particularly inviting on a map (but they all look that) I would put my finger on it and say, 'When I grow up I will go there."

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) war ein Schriftsteller polnischer Herkunft, der seine Werke in englischer Sprache verfasste. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind die Romane Lord Jim, Nostromo und Herz der Finsternis. Letzteres ist bis heute der meistzitierte und wirkm chtigste Roman. Conrad begann etwa 1890 seine Laufbahn als Schriftsteller. Als Kapit n eines Flussdampfers an den Stanley-F llen des Kongo hatte er schweres Fieber bekommen und musste in einem Kanu an Land gebracht werden. Das Kanu kenterte, doch Conrad wurde gerettet. Conrad schuf ohne gro e finanzielle Mittel ein umfangreiches literarisches Werk. Er schrieb in englischer Sprache, die er erst mit 21 Jahren zu erlernen begonnen hatte. 1895 ver ffentlichte er seinen ersten Roman Almayers Wahn. Lange Zeit war er auf G nner angewiesen. Erst 1914 hatte er seinen literarischen Durchbruch mit Spiel des Zufalls. Seine Romane und Erz hlungen z hlen zu den ber hmtesten Werken der britischen Literatur des ausgehenden 19. und fr hen 20. Jahrhunderts. Inhalt: - Das Ende vom Lied - Die Tremolino - Gaspar Ruiz - Jugend - Weihe

"The Secret Sharer" is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, originally written in 1909 and first published in two parts in Harper's Magazine in 1910. It was later included in the short story collection Twixt Land and Sea (1912). The story was adapted for a segment of the 1952 film Face to Face, and also for a one-act play in 1969 by C. R. (Chuck) Wobbe. The play was published in 1969 by the Dramatic Publishing Company. A new film, Secret Sharer, inspired by the story and directed by Peter Fudakowski, was released in the United Kingdom in June 2014.

"An Outpost of Progress" is a short story written in July 1897 by Joseph Conrad, drawing on his own experience at Congo. It was published in the magazine Cosmopolis in 1897 and was later collected in Tales of Unrest in 1898. Often compared with Heart of Darkness, Conrad considered it his best tale, owing to its "scrupulousness of tone" and "severity of discipline."

Heart of Darkness is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between London and Africa as places of darkness. Central to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilised people and those described as savages; Heart of Darkness raises questions about imperialism and racism. Originally issued as a three-part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine to celebrate the thousandth edition of the magazine, Heart of Darkness has been widely re-published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness sixty-seventh on their list of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century.

An Outcast of the Islands By Joseph Conrad

Lush prose and penetrating psychological insight infuse Conrad's first novel with the qualities that have made him one of the most popular and most studied writers in English literature. The novel chronicles the tragic decline of a Dutch merchant isolated in 19th-century Borneo, the machinations of his bitter Malayan wife, and the loss of his much loved daughter. Conrad establishes the themes of betrayal, isolation, and colonialism that he would explore throughout the rest of his life and work.