An Outcast of the Islands was only Conrad’s second novel, but in its theme, in its impressionistic use of scenery, and, and over all, in the enormous richness and power of the writing, it predicts Conrad’s position as a literary figure of the highest rank. Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a “second chance” at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly into traps set by himself and others. A parable of human frailty, with love and death the major players, this is a story...
An Outcast of the Islands was only Conrad’s second novel, but in its theme, in its impressionistic use of scenery, and, and over all, in the enormous richness and power of the writing, it predicts Conrad’s position as a literary figure of the highest rank. Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a “second chance” at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly into traps set by himself and others. A parable of human frailty, with love and death the major players, this is a story...
An Outcast of the Islands was only Conrad’s second novel, but in its theme, in its impressionistic use of scenery, and, and over all, in the enormous richness and power of the writing, it predicts Conrad’s position as a literary figure of the highest rank. Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a “second chance” at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly into traps set by himself and others. A parable of human frailty, with love and death the major players, this is a story...
"Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in...
"Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in...
Книга «Шесть повестей» – результат трёхлетней работы одного из самых известных классиков английской литературы – писателя Джозефа Конрада. В этот сборник вошли отдельные произведения автора, среди которых «Зверюга», «Граф», «Дуэль» и многие другие. Прекрасный стиль изложения писателя, незабываемые образы и истории произведут впечатление на каждого вдумчивого читателя.
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Книга «Шесть повестей» – результат трёхлетней работы одного из самых известных классиков английской литературы – писателя Джозефа Конрада. В этот сборник вошли отдельные произведения автора, среди которых «Зверюга», «Граф», «Дуэль» и многие другие. Прекрасный стиль изложения писателя, незабываемые образы и истории произведут впечатление на каждого вдумчивого читателя.
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Книга «Шесть повестей» – результат трёхлетней работы одного из самых известных классиков английской литературы – писателя Джозефа Конрада. В этот сборник вошли отдельные произведения автора, среди которых «Зверюга», «Граф», «Дуэль» и многие другие. Прекрасный стиль изложения писателя, незабываемые образы и истории произведут впечатление на каждого вдумчивого читателя.
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Книга «Шесть повестей» – результат трёхлетней работы одного из самых известных классиков английской литературы – писателя Джозефа Конрада. В этот сборник вошли отдельные произведения автора, среди которых «Зверюга», «Граф», «Дуэль» и многие другие. Прекрасный стиль изложения писателя, незабываемые образы и истории произведут впечатление на каждого вдумчивого читателя.
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A Personal Record is a «fragment of biography», an autobiographical work by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912. It is also a masterpiece of atmospheric writing and the main contemporary source to detail his early life. Conrad, Polish by birth, who goes on to become one of the greatest novelists of the English language, describes his childhood and adolescence, discusses his forebears, one of whom fought on the side of Napoleon and ate a Lithuanian dog, the exile of his parents, the death of his...