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...
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...
The Rover is a novel by Joseph Conrad, written between 1921 and 1922. It was first published in 1923. The story takes place in the south of France, against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise to power, and the French-English rivalry in the Mediterranean. Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel is the last novel of Joseph Conrad and was published in 1925. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England. Conrad is regarded as one of...