Selected Short Stories (Wordsworth Collection)

Conrad, Joseph,Carabine, Keith

ISBN 10: 1853261904 / ISBN 13: 9781853261909

Editore: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998

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Chosenand Introduced by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury and Chairperson of the Joseph Conrad Society of Great Britain.

This specially commissioned selection of Conrad's short stories includes favourites such as Youth, a modern epic of the sea; The Secret Sharer, a thrilling psychological drama; An Outpost of Progress, a blackly comic prelude to Heart of Darkness; Amy Foster, a moving story of a shipwrecked, alienated Pole; and The Lagoon and Karain, two exotic, exciting Malay tales. Il Conde and The Tale are subtle portrayals of bewildered outrage; An Anarchist and The Informer are sardonic depictions of revolutionaries; and Prince Roman is a tale of magnificent, doomed heroism set in Conrad's native Poland during the Uprising of 1831. Both those new to Conrad's work and those familiar with his novels will delight in this wide-ranging collection.

This collection also includes Conrad's last novel, The Rover.

L'autore: Born Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski in Poland in 1857, Conrad served in the British Merchant Service (1878-94), travelling to Africa, Australia, India, Indonesia and the Orient, becoming a British citizen in 1886. Turning to full-time writing in 1894, his years at sea featured heavily in his early works. His novels, such as Lord Jim, and his novella Heart of Darkness (on which the film Apocalypse Now was based) have brought him an enduring reputation.

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Titolo: Selected Short Stories (Wordsworth ...
Casa editrice: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 1998
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Very Good