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Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad picJOSEPH CONRAD, undated
Biographical details ▽ Biographical details △

Born
Berdychiv, Ukraine, 1857

Died
Bishopsbourne, Kent, England, 1924

Places lived
Ukraine, Poland, England

Nationality
Polish-British

Publications
Novels, stories, essays, poetry, plays, criticism, biography

Genres
Novels, stories, essays, memoirs

Writing language
English

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Literature

Lord Jim (1900)

Heart of Darkness (1902)

Nostromo (1904)

The Secret Agent (1907)

Under Western Eyes (1911)

Novels

Lord Jim (1900)

Nostromo (1904)

The Secret Agent (1907)

Under Western Eyes (1911)

Novellas

Heart of Darkness (1902)

Stories

"Youth" (1898)

• "The Secret Sharer" (1910)

• "The Tale" (1917)

British Literature

Almayer's Folly (1895)

Lord Jim (1900)

Heart of Darkness (1902)

Nostromo (1904)

The Secret Agent (1907)

Under Western Eyes (1911)

Adventure Fiction

Heart of Darkness (1902)

Crime and Mystery

The Secret Agent (1907)

Literary Fiction

Heart of Darkness (1902)

Lord Jim (1900)

Nostromo (1904)

The Secret Agent (1907)

Under Western Eyes (1911)

Thrillers

The Secret Agent (1907)

Works published in book form

Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River, novel, 1895

An Outcast of the Islands, novel, 1896

A Tale of the Sea, novel, 1897, also known as The Children of the Sea: A Tale of the Forecastle

Tales of Unrest, story collection, 1898

"Karain, a Memory", "The Idiots", "An Outpost of Progress", "The Return", "The Lagoon"

Lord Jim, novel, 1900

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story, novel, 1900, with Ford Madox Ford

Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories, novella and story collection, 1902

Stories "Youth: A Narrative", "The End of the Tether"; novella Heart of Darkness

Typhoon and Other Stories, story collection, 1903

"Typhoon", "Falk", "Amy Foster", "To-Morrow"

Romance, novel, 1903, with Ford Madox Ford

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, novel, 1904

The Mirror of the Sea: Memories and Impressions, memoirs

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, novel, 1907

1908

A Set of Six, story collection, 1908

"Gaspar Ruiz", "The Informer", "The Brute", "An Anarchist", "The Duel", also known as "The Point of Honor", "Il Conde"

Under Western Eyes, novel, 1911

'Twixt Land and Sea, story collection, 1912

"A Smile of Fortune", "The Secret Sharer", "Freya of the Seven Isles"

A Personal Record, memoir, 1912

Chance: A Tale in Two Parts, novel, 1913

Victory: An Island Tale, novel, 1915

Within the Tides: Tales, story collection, 1915

"The Planter of Malata", "The Partner", "The Inn of the Two Witches", "Because of the Dollars"

The Shadow Line: A Confession, novella

The Arrow of Gold, novel

Autocracy and War

One Day More: A Play in One Act, play

The Shock of War: Through Germany to Cracow

Tradition

The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows, novel

Notes on Life and Letters, essays

The Rover, novel

The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts, play

The Nature of a Crime, novel, with Ford Madox Ford

The Shorter Tales of Joseph Conrad, stories

Laughing Anne & One Day More: Two Plays by Joseph Conrad, two plays

incl. Laughing Anne

Suspense, novel

Five Letters, letters

Tales of Hearsay, four stories

"The Warrior's Soul", "Prince Roman", "The Tale", "The Black Mate"

Last Essays, essays

Joseph Conrad's Letters to His Wife Letter

Conrad to a Friend, letters

Letters from Joseph Conrad, 1895-1924, letters, ed. Edward Garnett

Letters: Joseph Conrad to Richard Curle, letters, ed. Richard Curle

The Sisters, novel, unfinished

Letters of Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska, 1890-1920, letters

Letters to William Blackwood and David S. Meldrum, letters, ed. William Blackburn

Joseph Conrad on Fiction, essays, ed. Walter F. Wright

Joseph Conrad's Letters to R. B. Cunninghame Graham, letters, ed. C.T. Watts

Selected Tales from Conrad, stories, ed. Nigel Stewart

The Congo Diary and Other Uncollected Pieces ed. Zdzislaw Najder

The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad, 1983-2007, letters, ed. Frederick R. Karl, Laurence Davies.

 

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