The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness. As the peak of European Imperialism, steamboat captain Charles Marlow travels deep into the African Congo on his way to relieve the elusive Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader renowned for his fearsome reputation. On his journey into the unknown Marlow takes a terrifying trip into his own subconscious, overw...

This 1st volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane: Emma Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan of the Apes Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Cather, Willa: My...

This collection of Joseph Conrad's complete works is sorted chronologically by book publication. There are the usual inline tables of contents and links after each text/chapter to get back to the respective tables. Dates of first publication can be found at the end of the stories.

What happens when civilization is tested at its moral edge? The Complete Novels of Joseph Conrad brings together the full novelistic legacy of one of the most influential writers in modern literature. Known for his profound psychological insight and moral complexity, Conrad explored power, isolation, loyalty, and the fragile boundary between order and chaos. Set aboard ships, in remote colonies, and within the human mind itself, Conrad's novels confront the ethical consequences of empire a...

Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his adventure to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The story told is of his early life as a ferry boat captain. Although his job was to transport ivory downriver, Charlie develops an interest in investing an ivory procurement agent, Kurtz, who is employed by the government. Preceded by ...

This 1st volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane: Emma Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan of the Apes Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Cather, Willa:...

A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. And art itself may be defined as a single-minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect. It is an attempt to find in its forms, in its colours, in its light, in its shadows, in the aspects of matter and in the facts of life what of each is fundamental, what is enduring and ess...

THE COMPLETE NOVELS OF JOSEPH CONRAD(Special Kobo eBook Edition)FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATED VERSION: All Joseph Conrad's Unabridged Novels in a Single Volume!Including Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Works with Ford Madox FordKOBO eBook(COMPLETE WORKS COLLECTION)EVERY SINGLE NOVEL AND SHORT STORY BY JOSEPH CONRAD (INCLUDING WORKS CO-WRITTEN WITH FORD MADOX FORD) ESPECIALLY CREA...

This book-collection file includes 17 novels: Almayer's Folly: a Story of an Eastern River, 1895; An Outcast of the Islands, 1896; The Nigger of the Narcissus: a Story of the Forecastle, 1897; Heart of Darkness, 1899; Lord Jim, 1900; The Inheritors: an Extravagant Story (with Ford Madox Ford), 1901; Typhoon, 1902; Romance (with Ford Madox Ford), 1903; Nostromo: a Tale of the Seaboard, 1904; The Secret Agent, 1907; The Secret Sharer, 1907; Under Western Eyes, 1911; Chance: a Tale in Two Par...

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) is regarded as one of the greatest writers in English, and Heart of Darkness, first published in 1902, is considered by many his "most famous, finest, and most enigmatic story." — Encyclopedia Britannica. The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ivory trader who exercises an almost godlike sway over the inhabitants of the region. Both repell...

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo to a g...

This ebook contains Joseph Conrad's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.