LIBROS DEL AUTOR: joseph conrad

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  • Under Western Eyes
    Joseph Conrad
    Growing up as an orphan, Razumou adopted the belief that all of Russia was his family, a sentiment that he carries into his higher education. Because of this, when talks of revolution start arising in Russia, Razumou decides to stay neutral. However, this becomes increasingly difficult when most of his classmates start to express their ardent support for a revolution. Still, R...
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  • Victory
    Joseph Conrad
    Raised by a single Swedish philosopher, Axel Heyst inherits his father’s pessimistic view of society. As a child, he is taught about all the dark inclinations of humankind, warping his mind. Axel struggles with these beliefs and the atmosphere of the environment in which he grew up. Because of this, he has a mix of complicated feelings when his father passes away. He decides t...
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  • Lord Jim
    Joseph Conrad
    Jim is a young seaman, who’s faced with a life or death scenario, and chooses self-preservation over the well-being of his unsuspecting passengers and crew. One impulsive act permanently damages his career, dramatically changing his future.Jim is a young man who’s enamored by life at sea. He is a crewmember on the vessel, Patna, which is scheduled to transport hundreds of passe...
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  • Chance
    Joseph Conrad
    Young Flora de Barral, is the daughter of a man whose sudden bankruptcy and conviction, have forced her to face a harsh and uncertain reality. Chance is a clever examination of risk and the impact of unforeseen circumstance.Chance features Conrad’s signature narration as it describes the experiences of major and minor characters, including Flora de Barral. She is a young woman ...
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  • The Secret Agent
    Joseph Conrad
    Adolf Verloc is working as a spy in London, when he’s recruited to commit a terrorist act that could endanger the lives of countless citizens. It’s a professional decision that has an unexpected impact on his personal life.Adolf Verloc lives in London and runs a shop where he sells underground books and materials. He’s considered a member of a local anarchist group but is also ...
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  • Lord Jim
    Joseph Conrad
    Jim is a young seaman, who’s faced with a life or death scenario, and chooses self-preservation over the well-being of his unsuspecting passengers and crew. One impulsive act permanently damages his career, dramatically changing his future.Jim is a young man who’s enamored by life at sea. He is a crewmember on the vessel, Patna, which is scheduled to transport hundreds of passe...
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  • The Secret Agent
    Joseph Conrad
    Adolf Verloc is working as a spy in London, when he’s recruited to commit a terrorist act that could endanger the lives of countless citizens. It’s a professional decision that has an unexpected impact on his personal life.Adolf Verloc lives in London and runs a shop where he sells underground books and materials. He’s considered a member of a local anarchist group but is also ...
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    12,13 €

  • Chance
    Joseph Conrad
    Young Flora de Barral, is the daughter of a man whose sudden bankruptcy and conviction, have forced her to face a harsh and uncertain reality. Chance is a clever examination of risk and the impact of unforeseen circumstance.Chance features Conrad’s signature narration as it describes the experiences of major and minor characters, including Flora de Barral. She is a young woman ...
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  • Heart of Darkness (Deluxe Library Binding)
    Joseph Conrad
    When Charles Marlow accepts the captaincy of a steamship in the Congo, he witnesses the brutality with which the colonialists treat the African people. Setting off with a crew of cannibals, Marlow is tasked with transporting ivory downriver and rescuing a renowned ivory trader. On his journey Marlow encounters the darkness of the Congo wilderness, the darkness of the Europeans’...
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  • Heart of darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    River steamboat captain Charles Marlow has set forth on the Congo in Africa to find the enigmatic European trader Mr. Kurtz. Preceded by his reputation as a brilliant emissary of progress, Kurtz has now established himself as a god among the natives in 'one of the darkest places on earth.' Marlow suspects something else of Kurtz: he has gone mad.A reflection on corruptive Europ...
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  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    The Polish-born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski wrote under the pseudonym of Joseph Conard; an Anglicized derivative of his first and second middle names. He was born in what is now Ukraine on December 3, 1857, but later in life became fluent in the English language, and arguably one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century. Having spent his early years as a mercha...
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  • Situación límite
    Joseph Conrad
    El capitán Whalley es el protagonista de Situación límite, un héroe de mar que representa los valores de otra época como decubridor de nuevas rutas al extremo Oriente. Ya en su vejez, Whalley, quien se maneja con un código moral indestructible, tiene que vender su barco y compartir la propiedad de una vieja nave para ayudar a su hiija. En esta coyuntura el marino tendrá que enf...
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  • Heart of Darkness (Annotated Keynote Classics)
    Joseph Conrad / Michelle M White
    Join the sailors aboard the Nellie as they listen to Marlow’s dark atmospheric tale of the depths of human depravity. Follow his descent into the heart of the Belgian Congo in search of the mysterious Kurtz. Witness with him the horrors of imperialism and idealistic hypocrisy as he comes to question the very idea of civilization. Find out how Marlow and Kurtz fare in this short...
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  • HEART OF DARKNESS
    Joseph Conrad
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  • Vitória
    Joseph Conrad
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  • Juventud
    Joseph Conrad
    Durante el mes de mayo de 1898, un Joseph Conrad desesperado abandonó la redacción de su novela El Rescate, escribió algunas páginas de Lord Jim, y la dejó a un lado para empezar Juventud, que según G. Jean-Aubry «se escribió sola, la mayor parte de un tirón, en unos pocos días». El 3 de junio de 1898 Conrad escribió a Mrs. E. L. Sanderson, esposa de su amigo Edward Sanderson: ...
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  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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    13,62 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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    13,62 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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    13,62 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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    13,62 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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    13,62 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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    13,62 €

  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Do you want to read Heart of Darkness? If so then keep reading...Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up ...
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  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad
    Dark allegory describes the narrator's journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. A masterly blend of adventure, character development, and psychological penetration. Critics consider this to be Conrad's finest, most enigmatic story.The novella has been adapte...
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  • Nostromo
    Joseph Conrad
    'Government in general, any government anywhere, is a thing of exquisite comicality to a discerning mind.' ― Joseph Conrad, Nostromo Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard (1904) by Joseph Conrad recounts the story of an Italian dock-worker named Nostromo, who is assigned the task to safeguard a silver mine, owned by an Englishman named Charles Gould, from the rebels led by Montero. ...
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  • El agente secreto
    Joseph Conrad
    El agente secreto está basada en un acontecimiento real: el intento de volar el Observatorio de Greenwich por parte de un anarquista, llamado Martial Bourdin. Localizada en la ciudad de Londres, la novela narra la historia de un fallido atentado tras el que se esconde un oscuro entramado formado por el terrorismo internacional, la policía y la diplomacia deshonesta. Para Conrad...
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  • Heart of Darkness
    Joseph Conrad / TBD
    The Heart of Darkness is a powerful examination of the savage nature of western imperialism in the late 1890s. With stunning relevance to the politics and tribulations of today’s society, Joseph Conrad’s celebrated novel is just as important today as when it was initially published.The story follows a young man named Charles Marlow. Soon after Marlow joins the Company as captai...
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