Youth and Heart of Darkness (Modern C...
Joseph ConradIn HEART OF DARKNESS, Conrad's most existential hero, Marlow, is the commander of a riverboat looking for ivory to trade in the Belgian Congo. His journey into the heart of the Congo is both a thrilling adventure and a symbolic excurs...
An Outcast of the Islands, Joseph Conrad’s second novel, is a tale of intrigue, isolation, and morality. The story follows the undoing of Peter Willems, a dishonorable man on the run from a scandal of his own making. After leav...
The Mirror of the Sea: Memories & Imp...
Joseph ConradFirst published in 1906, The Mirror of the Sea was the first of Joseph Conrad’s two autobiographical memoirs. Discussing it, he called the book “a very intimate revelation…I have attempted here to lay bare with the u...