Conrad, Joseph

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Victory

an island tale
2003
A mysterious drifter named Axel Heyst rescues a troubled girl from a seedy tropical hotel and takes her home to Samburan, his own island in the East Indies, unaware they are being followed by three intruders who will bring horror, death, and a strange, haunting victory.

The shadow-line

a confession "worthy of my undying regard"
1985

Heart of darkness

authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism
2006
A comprehensive collection of critical commentaries on Joseph Conrad's classic novel "Heart of Darkness, " including those from contemporaries Henry James and Virginia Woolf; along with the complete text of the novel.

Victory

an island tale
1996
A mysterious drifter named Alex Heyst rescues a "bad girl" from a seedy tropical hotel and takes her home to Samburan, his own island in the East Indies. Three intruders follow them and bring horror, death, and a strange, haunting victory.

Lord Jim

1981
A man who has been branded a coward earns the respect of the Malay people.

Lord Jim

1989
A man who has been branded a coward earns the respect of the Malay people.

Heart of darkness

complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, with five new essays from a contemporary critical perspectives
2011
Presents the complete text of the classic story about man's struggle against the forces of greed and temptation, along with five critical essays that approach the work from different perspectives.

The secret agent

a simple tale
2007
In turn-of-the-century London, an undercover, counter-revolutionary mole provokes a radical group he has penetrated into an act of violence that will bring about its own destruction.

The secret agent

2006
Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory, here is a chillingly prophetic examination of contemporary terrorism and the literary precursor to today's espionage thriller. Revised reissue.

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