The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (riverrun editions) (eBook)

Selected and with an Introduction by Neil Rennie

Autor: Joseph Conrad

CHF 6.00

ISBN: 978-1-5294-3249-7

Einband: Adobe Digital Editions

Verfügbarkeit: Noch nicht erschienen, März 2025

'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other Stories

The stories in this selection show the intense influence of Conrad's many voyages and his varied reading. He was able to dramatize his personal international experiences as he journeyed from Europe to Africa and the East, while absorbing the influence of Stevenson's adventure romances, and the realism of Flaubert and Maupassant.

'An Outpost of Progress' is a response to what Conrad witnessed in the Congo; 'Youth' turns to his early days at sea; 'Amy Foster' explores the strangeness and hostility of England to foreigners; 'The Secret Sharer' charts his time as a ship's captain; 'A Smile of Fortune' returns to the island of Mauritius; and 'The Planter of Malata' opens in a great colonial city in Australia.

Neil Rennie's preface examines the interweaving of Conrad's life and work, and the development of his art.

Autor	Conrad, Joseph
Verlag	Quercus
Einband	Adobe Digital Editions
Erscheinungsjahr	2025
Lieferstatus	Noch nicht erschienen, März 2025
Ausgabekennzeichen	Englisch

Über den Autor Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 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. 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 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.