Complete Works of Joseph Conrad "Polish and British Novelist"! 37 Complete Works (Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, Nigger Of The Narcissus, The Arrow of Gold, Under Western Eyes)

The Greatest Writers of All Time #36

by Joseph Conrad

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This Publication Contains 37 of Joseph Conrad's All Time Greatest Works.
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Table of Contents

Joseph Conrad Biography
Early Life
Citizenship
Writer
Romance and Marriage
Politics
Death

Works Included:

A Personal Record
A Set of Six
ALMAYER’S FOLLY: A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER
Amy Foster
An Outcast of the Islands
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
End of the Tether
Falk
Gaspar Ruiz
Heart of Darkness
Lord Jim
Nostromo
NOTES ON LIFE & LETTERS
NOTES ON MY BOOKS
One Day More
Romance
Some Reminiscences
Tales of Hearsay
Tales of Unrest
THE ARROW OF GOLD
The Mirror of the Sea
THE SECRET AGENT
THE SHADOW-LINE
Inheritors
Nigger Of The Narcissus
The Point Of Honor
The Rescue
The Secret Sharer
To-morrow
Twixt Land & Sea Tales
Typhoon
UNDER WESTERN EYES
Victory
WITHIN THE TIDES
Youth
Prince Roman
The Tale

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Literature, Collections

Kindle Edition

Published August 23, 2015

About the author

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and, although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings, that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable, and amoral world.
Conrad is considered a literary impressionist by some and an early modernist by others, though his works also contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters, as in Lord Jim, for example, have influenced numerous authors. Many dramatic films have been adapted from and inspired by his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that his fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events.
Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew on the national experiences of his native Poland—during nearly all his life, parceled out among three occupying empires—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.

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Delphi Collections of classic authors are a terrific bargain and allow you to have immediate access on your kindle to what otherwise could take up a whole shelf of your library. I have several of these and am currently reading from one of my favorite Victorians, Joseph Conrad. I suppose he is thought by modern critics to be a relic of the bygone age of colonialism, but his language is simply so rich that I can't see him ever falling out of favor with those who appreciate English literature.

I read practically all of Conrad's novels years ago and in this edition I am reading for the first time a number of novellas and tales which echo the themes and settings of the longer works. As in Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness or Nostromo, the best of the shorter works focus on a mysterious and powerful figure. In "Karain: a Memory" we meet a figure similar in some ways to Kurtz or Jim but a native Malay. Like Conrad's other protagonists, uhe harbors a dark secret. Gaspar Ruiz, in the story bearing his name, is another tragic figure, doomed by love and his own great strength. Freda in "Freya of the Seven Isles" finds her version of Lord Jim in a rather unstable but charming young English trader. As is his practice, Conrad brings us these tales in the voice of a narrator who is somewhat detached but sympathetic, a figure who in the mature novels becomes Marlow. The best of all the short pieces is certainly "The Secret Sharer," probably the most effective doppelgänger story ever.

As I say, these Delphi collections are a great bargain and formatted very carefully. Right now, I'll think I'll take a break from Conrad and dip into my Thomas Hardy collection - another great stylist but what a pessimist!

[Wayne Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had read some of Conrad in college. When I retired I happened across the complete works and decided to read everything by him sort of on a lark. It was worth it.

[Chanpheng · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only read the short stories in a different book but this was the only option available.

[Paco Aramburu · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's the psychological thriller of centuries past. There is an opposite view of Victorian values and relishes in the emotional side of man (it's mostly about men) while his protagonists are driven beyond reasonableness into wild abandon. He seems to be critical of the European buttoned hypocrisy versus the "wild" morass of the natives or the colonized.
As a writer, I appreciate how his descriptions of place say a lot about what the characters are going through, how they blend or fight their surroundings. Masterful.

[James Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's about 20 novels in here. I read two I think.

[Sean]

Read Heart of Darkness.

[Pippa]

I did "Heart of Darkness" at school many years ago and found it rather a struggle. Being that much older now I thought perhaps I might now enjoy his work, sadly it seems not.

[Tristan]

I read “Heart of Darkness” at school, but really need to rediscover this celebrated author.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading Conrad when I was 10 years old.
I've finished his works, but it took 66 years.
Loved him more when I was young, probably less now.