Secret Agent (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

Joseph Conrad's dark satire on English society In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and

Secret Agent (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Presents a story woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London's Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. When Verloc is reluctantly involved in an anarchist plot to blow up the Greenwich Observatory things go disastrously wrong, and what appears to be 'a

The Secret Agent (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

A story of espionage, intrigue and corruption based on a real-life attempted terrorist attack in Victorian London, The Secret Agent was one of literature's first political thrillers, and is widely considered to be among Conrad's most compelling

The Secret Agent (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

Adolf Verloc is working as a spy in London, when he's recruited to commit a terrorist act that could endanger the lives of countless citizens. It's a professional decision that has an unexpected impact on his personal life. Adolf Verloc lives in London and runs a shop where he sells underground

The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

At the turn of the 20th century, London has become a haven for political exiles and anarchists. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, who live in fear of the terrorists in their midst. One such terrorist is Verloc, a secret agent who is given the

Nostromo (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Lord Jim (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Heart of Darkness (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Heart of Darkness (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Heart of Darkness (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Heart of Darkness and Other Stories (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

This collection also includes an additional five of Conrad's best stories: 'The Secret Sharer', 'Youth', 'Typhoon', 'Karain: A Memory' and 'Falk: A

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his 'Author's Note' to 'Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two 'Calm-pieces' ('The Secret Sharer' and The Shadow-Line) and his two 'Storm-pieces' (The Nigger of the

Lord Jim: A Tale (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

Typhoon and Other Tales (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

This volume contains 'Typhoon,' 'The Secret Sharer,' 'Falk,' and 'Amy Foster.' 'Typhoon', a story of a steamship and her crew beset by a tempest, is a masterpiece of descriptive virtuosity and moral irony, while 'The Secret Sharer' excels in symbolic ambiguity. Both stories vividly present Conrad's

Heart of Darkness/Herz der Finsternis - Bilingual Parallel Text in English/Deutsch (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Victory: An Island Tale (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

Joseph Conrad (Hampson Robert)(Paperback)

Joseph Conrad is widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of the early twentieth century. Robert Hampson traces Conrad's life from his childhood in a Russian penal colony, through his early manhood in Marseille and his years in the British Merchant Navy, to his career as a novelist. This

Spook's Secret - Book 3 (Delaney Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

The Spook's Secret is the third book in Joseph Delaney's terrifying Wardstone Chronicles - over 3 million copies sold worldwide!'It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter and there couldn't be a worse place to spend it.'As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel to his winter

Victory: An Island Tale (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

One of the most powerful and psychologically compelling novels from Joseph Conrad, author of Lord Jim and Heart of DarknessAxel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on

Shadow-Line (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the 'shadow-line' between youth

Biggles Defies the Swastika (Johns W E)(Paperback / softback)

SECRET AGENT!Sworn into the German Air Force as a Gestapo Agent, Biggles is deep undercover on a reconnaissance mission in Norway when the Germans invade without

Heart of Darkness (Conrad Joseph)(Paperback)

Acclaimed illustrator Peter Kuper delivers a visually immersive and profound adaptation of Joseph Conrad's controversial classic that 'doesn't just retell the book but] destabilizes it, forcing a reconsideration' (Etelka Lechoczy, NPR). Longtime admirers of the novella will appreciate his

Image of Africa (Achebe Chinua)(Paperback / softback)

Asserts the author's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel 'Heart of Darkness' only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. This title includes 'The Trouble with Nigeria', the author's searing outpouring of his frustrations with his