Download or read book Joseph Conrad The Dover Reader written by Joseph Conrad and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthology featuring the author's most famous novel, Heart of Darkness, along with The Congo Diary, The Secret Agent, and Almayer's Folly. Short stories include "Youth: A Narrative," "The Secret Sharer," and other tales.
Download or read book Joseph Conrad The Dover Reader written by Joseph Conrad and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthology featuring the author's most famous novel, "Heart of Darkness, " along with "The Congo Diary, The Secret Agent, " and "Almayer's Folly." Short stories includes "Youth: A Narrative," "The Secret Sharer," and other tales.
Download or read book Joseph Conrad written by Mary Carolyn Waldrep and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 1027 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fluent from birth in French as well as his native Polish, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) learned his third language, English, as an adult. And it was in English that he wrote his evocative stories and novels, drawing upon his experiences in the British and French navies to portray the struggles of humanity amid the world's vast indifference. This anthology offers readers the essential Joseph Conrad, including his debut novel, Almayer's Folly. Other features include his political thriller, The Secret Agent, along with his most famous novel, Heart of Darkness, and a related account of an 1890 expedit.
Download or read book Under Western Eyes written by Joseph Conrad and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia, as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official. Asked to spy on the family of the assassin -- his close friend -- he must come to terms with timeless questions of accountability and human integrity.
Download or read book The Secret Sharer written by Joseph Conrad and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weathering our Inner and Outer Storm “Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions.” - Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer Like many of Conrad’s writings, the action in The Secret Sharer is set on a boat at sea and revolves around a central character torn apart. He is the new ship captain and has to win the trust of his crew. To make things difficult however, he accepts to hide a man accused of murder in his cabin. The two characters strike up a strange bound. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
Download or read book The Conrad Reader written by Joseph Conrad and published by . This book was released on 1978-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book James Joyce The Dover Reader written by James Joyce and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primer of influential and innovative works features A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in its entirety, excerpts from Ulysses, the short story collection Dubliners, the play Exiles, and Chamber Music, an early book of poems.
Download or read book Selected Short Stories written by Joseph Conrad and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of short stories including 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.
Download or read book Herman Melville The Dover Reader written by Herman Melville and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from Moby-Dick, complete text of Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, plus short stories "Bartelby the Scrivener," "Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," and "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles."
Download or read book Oscar Wilde The Dover Reader written by Oscar Wilde and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An excellent collection of some of Oscar Wilde's key works. A useful and representative selection of his writings, ideal for those not already familiar with his trademark wit or his more serious work, but equally valuable for the Wilde devotee." — newbooks magazine Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) wrote sparkling comedies that were the toast of London's West End in the 1890s. The master of the witty epigram who could resist anything except temptation, Wilde was imprisoned by an unjust society and died in obscurity, but his enduring works continue to enchant readers and audiences. The Irish author's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears in this splendid showcase of his philosophy and wit. Additional selections include Wilde's ever-popular comedies The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband; his essay on aestheticism, "The Decay of Lying: An Observation"; his deeply moving prison letter, "De Profundis"; and fairy tales from A House of Pomegranates and The Happy Prince.
Download or read book H G Wells The Dover Reader written by H. G. Wells and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Invisible Man, as well as five famous short stories, including "The Stolen Bacillus," the first work dealing with bio-terrorism.
Download or read book D H Lawrence The Dover Reader written by D.H. Lawrence and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) created controversial works that explore the dehumanizing effects of modern life. But in his lifetime the novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist was regarded as little more than a pornographer. Today Lawrence is praised for his artistic vision as well as his integrity, and his books and other writings rank among the English literary canon. This anthology presents the complete text of Lawrence's masterpiece, Sons and Lovers. Additional features include an essay, "Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious," and the short stories "The Prussian Officer," "Odour of Chrysanthemums," and "England, My England." Additional selections include "Snake" and other poems.
Download or read book Jane Austen The Dover Reader written by Jane Austen and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selections from the ever-popular English author's works include the complete text of two of her novels, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, in addition to excerpts from her letters and Juvenilia.
Download or read book Heart of Darkness Annotated written by Joseph Conrad and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of Darkness 1899 is a novella by Polish English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the successful ivory trader Kurtz. Conrad offers parallels between London the greatest town on eart and Africa as places of darkness.
Download or read book Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Dover Reader written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted for his sympathetic portrayals of the downtrodden members of nineteenth-century Russian society, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) has exercised immense influence on modern writers. His fiction, rich in philosophical and psychological insights, anticipated the development of psychoanalysis and existentialism. This anthology offers an excellent introduction to Dostoyevsky as well as a portable collection for readers already acquainted with the Russian author's works. Three novellas appear here in their entirety: Poor Folk, The Double, and Notes from the Underground. An excerpt from Crime and Punishment provides a compelling sample of Dostoyevsky's masterwork, and short stories include "Another Man's Wife" and "White Nights."
Download or read book An Outcast of the Islands written by Joseph Conrad and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running Away Doesn't Always Remove the Problem “It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.” - Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands This second novel of Conrad details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter.
