Joseph Conrad

6 summariesHistorical Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language; though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he came to be regarded a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings, that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world.

Books by Joseph Conrad

6 books available

Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
3.4 (415k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
A journey up the Congo River shows how a brilliant ivory agent goes mad, revealing the harshness of European colonialism and human darkness.
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
3.6 (19k) average on GoodreadsThriller
A Russian spy in London plans a disastrous anarchist bombing, exposing the dark ironies and widespread fear hidden beneath Edwardian society.
Nostromo
Joseph Conrad
3.8 (15k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In the South American republic of Costaguana, the longshoreman Nostromo, tasked with moving a fortune in silver during a civil war, eventually gives in to the corruption he first resisted, leading to his tragic end.
Victory
Joseph Conrad
3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
A reclusive idealist's quest for detached peace on a remote island shatters when his rescue of a vulnerable woman from a predatory world inadvertently summons a maelstrom of human evil and forces him to confront the very emotions he sought to escape.
Under Western Eyes
Joseph Conrad
3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In 19th-century Russia, a student's betrayal of a revolutionary forces him to spy on the condemned man's family, all while struggling with his own conscience.
Youth
Joseph Conrad
3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsFiction
A young Marlow takes his first sea voyage to the East, facing the sea's power and his ship's fiery end, all while experiencing adventure and the realities of life.