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To-morrow

To-morrow

by Joseph Conrad

To-morrow is a short story written by Joseph Conrad. The son of a retired sea captain, who has been waiting years for his boy to come home, finally returns, but only because he is destitute and needs money. Excerpts from the novel"Nobody had ever contradicted him; his own hair had gone grey since that time, and Captain Hagberd’s beard had turned qu..

Bartleby, the Scrivener -  A Story of Wall-Street

Bartleby, the Scrivener - A Story of Wall-Street

by Herman Melville

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville, first serialized anonymously in two parts in the November and December 1853 issues of Putnam's Magazine, and reprinted with minor textual alterations in his The Piazza Tales in 1856. In the story, a Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, afte..

Falk -  A Reminiscence

Falk - A Reminiscence

by Joseph Conrad

Falk: a reminiscence by Joseph Conrad, written in early 1901; collected in Typhoon and Other Stories, 1903. Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than thirty miles from London, and less than twenty from that shallow and dangerous puddle to which our coasting men give the grandiose nam..

Gaspar Ruiz

Gaspar Ruiz

by Joseph Conrad

Gaspar Ruiz was written shortly after Nostromo in 1904–5. It was published in The Strand Magazine in 1906, and collected in A Set of Six, published in 1908 (UK) and 1915 (US). The other stories in this collection of Joseph Conrad’s work were The Informer, The Brute, The Duel, Il Conde, and An Anarchist. This story was the only piece of Conrad’s fic..

Romance

Romance

by Joseph Conrad

Romance is a novel written by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. It was the second of their three collaborations. Romance was eventually published by George Bell and Sons in London in 1903 and by McClure, Phillips in New York in March 1904. According to Max Saunders, Conrad, in his quest to obtain a literary collaborator, had been recommended ..

Some Reminiscences

Some Reminiscences

by Joseph Conrad

Some Reminiscences is a biographical work on the writings of Joseph Conrad written by himself. In the preface the author says "As a general rule we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this little book is the result of a friendly suggestion, and even of a little friendly pressure. I defended myself with some spirit; but, with..

Tales Of Hearsay

Tales Of Hearsay

by Joseph Conrad

Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist. His success is even more amazing since he did not learn to speak English until he was in his 20's. Conrad's narrative style places him at the beginning of the Modernist period of literature. This volume published in 1911 contains four tales; The Warrior's Soul, Prince Roman, The Tale, and The Black Mate...

The Point Of Honor -  A Military Tale

The Point Of Honor - A Military Tale

by Joseph Conrad

The Point Of Honor is a historical fiction work by Joseph Conrad. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out struggle over the following fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its bac..