Since this is not a very famous story, and most of the pleasure that it provides depends on the surprise that the highlight in the story will present to the reader. Winston Bunter, who registered a...
This is an exciting saga located in the Indian Ocean basin, against the stormy backdrop of barely suppressed military operations between the Dutch and British merchant fleets, told by one of Conrad...
The tale begins, like many books about Konrad, with a group of travelers gathered together and exchanging maritime stories. Falk is subtle and minimalistic, and perhaps only the writer of the great...
This book is a collection of some of Konrad’s reviews and writings. The collection is divided into two parts, primarily the sections „Letters”, its reviews. The second section is ...
This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But ov...
Prince Roman is a Pole who relinquishes his comfortable position in the aristocracy to fight as an unknown soldier, resisting Russian oppression. In captivity, he has every opportunity to avoid pun...
This is a story of less than 100 pages, but in it Conrad demonstrates how many great writers do it, the simple and elegant power of short work. Here, a writer can briefly convey a compelling messag...
This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But ov...
Zapierająca dech w piersiach wyprawa do serca Afryki, gdzie odkryjesz mroczną naturę człowieka! Ten klasyk zabierze Cię w pełną tajemnic wyprawę z kapitanem Charlesem Marlowem do serca koloni...
„Ocalenie” (1920) to jedna z trzech powieści, zwanych trylogią Lingarda, opartych na doświadczeniach Conrada z czasów służby na parowcu Vidar. Wydarzenia opisane w powieści poprz...
Akcja „Nostromo. Opowieści z wybrzeża „ rozgrywa się w II poł. XIX wieku w portowym mieście Sulaco w fikcyjnym latynoskim państwie. Josepha Conrada, autora takich uznanych powieści jak ...
Lord Jim, Conrad’s most famous work, is also his most extensive examination of a persistent theme: the conflict between an individual’s inner moral code and his or her outward actions. ...
Debiut powieściowy Josepha Conrada. Tytułowemu Almayerowi, Holendrowi mieszkającemu na wyspie Borneo, nie wiedzie się zbyt dobrze. Jest niezaradny, zacietrzewiony i podejmuje nie do końca przemyśla...
The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ was written in 1896 and is loosely based on Conrad’s own experiences as a sailor; in 1884, Conrad made a voyage on the real Narcissus from Bombay to ...
This book is about a young captain who is hastily given his first command of a „ghost” ship. It‘s about a first mate who will lose his mind to madness as the malaria sickness spre...
Heart of Darkness, the novella by Joseph Conrad, is essentially a multi-layered narrative. The Narrator describes a night spent on a ship in the mouth of the Thames River in England. Marlow, one of...
First published in 1902, ’Typhoon’ can be easily passed as pre-twentieth century literature. It’s a short story depicting a ship experiencing a terribly destructive typhoon and co...
Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, this story of revolution, deception, and self-betrayal centers on Nostromo, a handsome Italian sailor, who, like Costaguana, is being cons...