Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), born in
Poland and best known for his 1899 novella
Heart of Darkness, which was adapted through
Setting Update into
Apocalypse Now. While Polish-born, Conrad lived for most of his adult life in England, and all of his written works created in his adopted English language.
His youth was spent working on French and British merchant fleets, which provides
the background for most of his seafaring works. Most of his time at sea was working trade routes around Africa and India at the height of
The British Empire, which informs most of his other works (especially
Heart of Darkness).
Is
a favorite author of English teachers at the high school and college levels.
His other works include:
- Almayer's Folly
- An Outcast of the Islands
- Chance
- Gaspar Ruiz
- Lord Jim
- Nostromo
- Romance
- The Arrow of Gold
- The Duellists
- The End of the Tether
- The Inheritors
- The Nigger Of The 'Narcissus'
- The Point Of Honor
- The Rescue
- The Secret Agent
- The Shadow Line
- Typhoon
- Under Western Eyes
- Victory: An Island Tale
- Within the Tides
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