Written by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph ConradHeart of Darkness is a novel which unearths the cruelty and corruptions of European trading companies over the African natives. Charles Marlow, has been appointed by a Belgium Ivory trading company to transport the goods in the company stations on the Congo river. The sailor who originally intended to meet a mysterious Journalist name Kurtz who ..
The Secret Agent - A Simple Tale
by Joseph ConradThe Secret Agent is a novel based on the life of a spy written by Joseph Conrad, a Polish writer remembered for his narrative style and portraying anti-heroic characters. His notable works include Heart of Darkness, An Outcast of the Islands, and Nostromo. The story narrates the life of a spy who ruined his family to save his profession. Mr. Ver..
Nostromo - A Tale of the Seaboard
by Joseph ConradNostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a novel written by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, who is remembered as one of the greatest novelists in English language for his novels include Heart of Darkness, The Secret Agent and Lord Jim. Costaguana, a fictional country meets political stability under the dictator Ribiera after a long run of tyrannical r..
The Secret Sharer
by Joseph ConradThe Secret Sharer is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, originally written in 1909. The Secret Sharer takes place on a sailing ship in the Gulf of Siam (now the Gulf of Thailand), at the start of a voyage with cargo for Britain. The date is probably in the 1880s, when Conrad was at sea himself. In common with many of Conrad's sto..
Tales of Unrest
by Joseph ConradTales of Unrest is a collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad originally published in 1898. Four of the five stories had been published previously in various magazines. This was the first published collection of any of Conrad's stories.The Stories"Karain: A Memory", first published in Blackwood's magazine in 1897"The Idiots", first published in..
The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" - A Tale Of The Forecastle
by Joseph ConradThe Nigger of the 'Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle is a novella by Joseph Conrad. Because of its quality compared to earlier works, some have described it as marking the start of Conrad's major, or middle, period; others have placed it as the best work of his early, or first, period. The title character, James Wait, is a dying West Indian..
The Shadow Line - A Confession
by Joseph ConradThe Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial in New York's Metropolitan Magazine (September—October) in the English Review (September 1916-March 1917) and published in book form in 1917 in the UK (March) and Amer..
Typhoon
by Joseph ConradTyphoon is a novella by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and serialized in Pall Mall Magazine in January–March 1902. Its first book publication was in New York by Putnam in 1902; it was also published in Britain in Typhoon and Other Stories by Heinemann in 1903. Typhoon is a classic sea yarn, possibly based upon Conrad's actual experience of seaman's l..