Joseph Conrad (originally Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. His parents, ardent Polish patriots, died when he was a child, following their exile for anti-Russian activities, and he came under the protection of his tradition-conscious uncle, Thaddeus Bobrowski, who watched over him for the next twenty-five years.
In 1874 Bobrowski conceded to his nephew's passionate desire to go to sea, and Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice.
In 1886 he obtained British nationality and his Master's certificate in the British Merchant Service. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he married Jessie George and eventually settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes.
He continued to write until his death in 1924. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in English - his third language.
In 1874 Bobrowski conceded to his nephew's passionate desire to go to sea, and Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice.
In 1886 he obtained British nationality and his Master's certificate in the British Merchant Service. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he married Jessie George and eventually settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes.
He continued to write until his death in 1924. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in English - his third language.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Series
Novels
The Shifting of the Fire (1892) (with Ford Madox Ford)
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897)
Lord Jim (1900)
Romance (1900) (with Ford Madox Ford)
The Inheritors (1901) (with Ford Madox Ford)
Heart of Darkness (1902)
Nostromo (1904)
The Secret Agent (1907)
The Point of Honor (1908)
aka The Duel
A Set of Six (1908)
The Nature of Crime (1909) (with Ford Madox Ford)
The Secret Sharer (1910)
The Smile of Fortune (1911)
Under Western Eyes (1911)
'Twixt Land and Sea (1912)
A Personal Record (1912)
Chance (1913)
Victory (1915)
Within the Tides (1915)
The Shadow Line (1917)
The Arrow of Gold (1919)
The Black Mate (1922)
The Rover (1923)
Suspense (1925)
The Tremolino (1942)
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' (1897)
Lord Jim (1900)
Romance (1900) (with Ford Madox Ford)
The Inheritors (1901) (with Ford Madox Ford)
Heart of Darkness (1902)
Nostromo (1904)
The Secret Agent (1907)
The Point of Honor (1908)
aka The Duel
A Set of Six (1908)
The Nature of Crime (1909) (with Ford Madox Ford)
The Secret Sharer (1910)
The Smile of Fortune (1911)
Under Western Eyes (1911)
'Twixt Land and Sea (1912)
A Personal Record (1912)
Chance (1913)
Victory (1915)
Within the Tides (1915)
The Shadow Line (1917)
The Arrow of Gold (1919)
The Black Mate (1922)
The Rover (1923)
Suspense (1925)
The Tremolino (1942)
Omnibus
Collections
Tales of Unrest (1898)
Typhoon (1902)
Youth, a Narrative (1902)
The Tale (1919)
Laughing Anne and One Day More (1924)
Tales of Hearsay (1925)
Tales of Land and Sea (1953)
The Portable Conrad (1961)
Conrad's Manifesto (1966)
Congo Diary and Other Uncollected Pieces (1978)
Favourite Spy Stories (1981) (with Alphonse Daudet, Len Deighton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Graham Greene, John Le Carré, William le Queux, Wolfgang Lotz, Sax Rohmer and Dennis Wheatley)
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories (2007)
Youth / Heart of Darkness / End of the Tether (2010)
The Heart of Darkness & Other Stories (2018)
An Outpost of Progress and Other Stories (2019)
The End of the Tether: and Other Tales (2022)
Typhoon (1902)
Youth, a Narrative (1902)
The Tale (1919)
Laughing Anne and One Day More (1924)
Tales of Hearsay (1925)
Tales of Land and Sea (1953)
The Portable Conrad (1961)
Conrad's Manifesto (1966)
Congo Diary and Other Uncollected Pieces (1978)
Favourite Spy Stories (1981) (with Alphonse Daudet, Len Deighton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Graham Greene, John Le Carré, William le Queux, Wolfgang Lotz, Sax Rohmer and Dennis Wheatley)
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories (2007)
Youth / Heart of Darkness / End of the Tether (2010)
The Heart of Darkness & Other Stories (2018)
An Outpost of Progress and Other Stories (2019)
The End of the Tether: and Other Tales (2022)
Plays
Novellas
Amy Foster
The Idiots (1896)
An Outpost of Progress (1897)
The Brute (1908)
The Inn of the Two Witches (1913)
The Return (2004)
The Idiots (1896)
An Outpost of Progress (1897)
The Brute (1908)
The Inn of the Two Witches (1913)
The Return (2004)
Non fiction
The Mirror of the Sea (1906)
Some Reminiscences (1912)
Last Essays (1926)
Letters Joseph Conrad to Richard Curle (1928)
Some Reminiscences (1912)
Last Essays (1926)
Letters Joseph Conrad to Richard Curle (1928)
Anthologies containing stories by Joseph Conrad
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
And the Darkness Falls (1946)
Twentieth Century Short Stories (1959)
Points of View (1966)
The 4th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1969)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
Kurt Singer's Gothic Horror Book (1974)
A Little Night Reading (1974)
A Century of Short Stories (1977)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume One (1988)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
And the Darkness Falls (1946)
Twentieth Century Short Stories (1959)
Points of View (1966)
The 4th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1969)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
Kurt Singer's Gothic Horror Book (1974)
A Little Night Reading (1974)
A Century of Short Stories (1977)
The World's Library of Best Books Volume One (1988)
Short stories
The Secret Sharer [short story] (1910) |
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