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Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, más conocido como Joseph Conrad (185 –1924), fue un novelista polaco que adoptó el inglés como lengua literaria. Conrad, cuya obra explora la vulnerabilidad y la inestabilidad moral del ser humano, es considerado como uno de los más grandes novelistas de la literatura inglesa. ÍNDICE: –El Corazón de las Tinieblas –El Negro del «Narcissus» –Lord Jim –Victoria –El Pirata –El Agente Secreto –Crónica Personal –El Duelo
A shining example of Conrad's later literary ability, «The Shadow-Line» is his 1915 autobiographical novella of a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as...
Witches and warlocks have been part of the fantasy field since its beginning. After all, you need someone to actually use magic if you're going to have it in your story. And magic-users can appear in any setting, from ancient Rome to the modern world, from imaginary kingdoms to the old Salem colony. Here are 25 tales spanning time and space, with only one things in common (aside from great storytelling): witches and warlocks! Included are:<P> WITCHES, by Janet Fox<BR> THE...
Set in the fictitious mining town of Sulaco, a port city in the imaginary country of Costaguana, «Nostromo» is widely considered as one of Joseph Conrad's best works. It is the story of Senõr Gould, an English expatriate who owns the silver-mining concession in the country. When the country becomes engulfed in increasing political turmoil, Senõr Gould charges Nostromo, his trusted head longshoreman, with the duty of hiding his silver so that it does not fall into the hands of his political...
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest novelist in the English language, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties. A Polish-born English novelist, Conrad was a master prose stylist who is viewed as a precursor of modernist literature. He wrote stories and novels predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting that portray trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor. «Youth» was written in 1898 and was included as the first...
"Typhoon and Other Stories" is a collection of four shorter works by Joseph Conrad. In the title work «Typhoon» we have a classic tale of the sea which describes how Captain MacWhirr sails the Siamese steamer «Nan-Shan» into a typhoon. «Typhoon» excellently depicts sea-faring life at the turn of the 20th century. Also included in this collection is «Amy Foster», the story of a Polish immigrant who on his way to America becomes shipwrecked off the cost of England. Since he speaks no English,...
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924): "....a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the hajj. When the ship starts rapidly taking on water and disaster seems imminent, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are picked up by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also saved, and the reprehensible actions of the crew are...
In The Secret Agent, a Soho shopkeeper is a member of a terrorist cell, supported by a foreign power, plotting to undermine the English state by means of a bomb plot. Published in 1907, it is considered to be among Conrad's finest novels, written at a time when he was moving away from the seafaring themes which he was known for. Prescient in its depictions of terrorism and political instability, it has become mandatory reading for anyone wishing to understand terrorism and counterterrorism...
A ferryboat captain in search of a notorious ivory trader ventures into an African jungle, where he discovers a dark side of the human condition. In this burning indictment of colonialism, Joseph Conrad drew upon his own shipboard experiences in the region formerly known as the Belgian Congo. His novella explores the potential for evil that lurks behind the illusion of civilized restraint.No student of modern fiction can afford to neglect Heart of Darkness or to overlook its narrative and...
Dzieło Josepha Conrada. Joseph Conrad to angielski pisarz i publicysta polskiego pochodzenia, tworzący w języku angielskim. Problematykę powieści Conrada można określić jako psychologiczno-moralną. Akcja tych utworów przeważnie rozgrywa się na morzu, wśród marynarzy, w egzotycznej scenerii Oceanu Indyjskiego, jego wysp i archipelagów. Te specyficzne warunki życia na morzu stały się w jego powieściach doskonałym tłem dla rozważań na temat granic moralnych i etycznych. Conrad stawiał pytania, na...