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Arran d’un suggeriment amistós, Joseph Conrad exposa, amb una admirable sinceritat, el seu retrat com a home i com a escriptor. L’autor es despulla del vel propi de la ficció novel•lesca i, indagant

Durante 15 años, los húsares del ejército napoleónico Armand D´Hubert y Gabriel Florian Feraud mantendrán un duelo a muerte cuyos orígenes y razones se pierden en el tiempo.

"He intentado aquí poner al descubierto con la falta de reserva de una confesión de última hora, los térmicos de mi relación con el mar, que, habiéndose iniciado misteriosamente, como cualquiera de las grandes pasiones que los dioses inescrutables envian a los mortales, se mantuvo irracional e invencible, sobreviviendo a la prueba de la desilusion, desafiando al desencanto que acecha diariamente a una vida intensa; se mantuvo preñada de las delicias del amor y de la angustia del amor, afrontandolas con lucido jubilo, sin amargua y sin quejas, desde el primer hasta el ultimo momento." Joseph Conrad "En The Mirror of the Sea no hay una sola pagina de estilo menor, no hay un solo personaje o frase de reputacion dudosa, nadie viene de fuera con voz propia. Todo el libro es Conrad cien por cien, y, ademas, el mejor Conrad, el que sabia dibujar un heho del mar con la mas perfecta forma literaria, y el que sabia ilustrar un acontecimiento narrativo con la mas acertada imagen marinera." Juan Benet

Classic / British English (Available May 2008) Resting one night on a boat on the River Thames, Charlie Marlow tells his friends about his experiences as a steamboat captain on the River Congo. There, in the heart of Africa, his search for the extraordinary Mr Kurtz caused him to question his own nature and values and the nature and values of his society

Dans Folioplus classiques, le texte intégral, enrichi d'une lecture d'image, écho pictural de l'oeuvre, est suivi de sa mise en perspective organisée en six points : - Vie littéraire : De la nouvelle - L'écrivain à sa table de travail : Conrad et le récit de mer - Groupement de textes thématiques : Moi et l'autre - Groupement de textes stylistiques : Les mots de la mer - Chronologie : Joseph Conrad et son temps - Fiche : Des pistes pour rendre compte de sa lecture Recommandé pour les classes de collège.

Libro de tono intimista en el que Joseph Conrad ensaya nuevas formas autobiográficas. A los 55 años, Conrad recibió de su amigo y escritor Ford Madox Ford la propuesta de redactar sus memorias para la revista English Review. El resultado fue esta coleccion de recuerdos: un autorretrato semejante a una novela, que reune los sucesos relativos a la azarosa infancia y a la familia de Conrad, sus años en altamar con la marina mercante britanica, una parte de su vida como escritor y el proceso de composicion de su primera novela. Nacido en Ucrania, Conrad vivio gran parte de su vida en Inglaterra, donde escribio los relatos y novelas que lo convertirian en uno de los mas brillantes escritores del siglo XX.

Dominoes are full colour readers with extensive Activities and Project pages. They are suitable for students who need more support in their reading than is provided by traditional readers. The Activities and Projects can be used either in class or as homework. * Graded from Starter to Level 3 (Pre-Intermediate) of the Bookworms grading system. * Two pages of Activities at the end of every chapter. * Five pages of poject work. * Glossary on the page to provide full vocabulary support.

Publicada en 1908 junto con otros cinco relatos de diversa extensión en un volumen titulado «A set of six», EL DUELO toma como asunto el enfrentamiento de dos oficiales del ejército de Napoleón -enfr

One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbor town of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled foreman of the mine, is tested to the limit. Conrad''s evocation of Latin America--its grand landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and the tenacity of individuals swept up in imperial ambitions--has never been bettered. This edition features a new introduction with fresh historical and interpretative perspectives, as well as detailed explanatory notes which pay special attention to the literary, political, historical, and geographical allusions and implications of the novel. A map, a chronology of the narrative, a glossary of foreign terms, and an appendix reprinting the serial ending all complement what is sure to be the definitive edition of this classic work. Jacques Berthoud has edited four Conrad novels, including Lord Jim for OWC. He is the author of Joseph Conrad, the Major Phase, and of numerous essays on Elizabethan drama, Laurence Sterne, W. B. Yeats and others. Mara Kalnins is the General Editor of the all Conrad editions in the Oxford World''s Classics series, and the main editor of Victory.

Il lungo racconto Cuore di Tenebra di Joseph Conrad, scritto nel 1902, e uno dei capolavori della letteratura mondiale del XX secolo. La storia del marinaio Marlow, che risale il fiume verso linterno dellAfrica nera alla ricerca del mitico e misterioso Kurtz, ex comandante della Compagnia dove lavora dedita al commercio dellavorio. Risalendo il fiume il protagonista verra a contatto con la barbarie e lorrore del colonialismo, nelle sue forme piu degeneri, compiuto dagli occidentali e dalla loro pretesa di dominio in nome di una civilta superiore. La figura emblematica di Kurtz e la dimostrazione del fatto che luomo occidentale moderno si muta in un mostro quando nessuna regola o convenzione esterna impedisce che la sua liberta si spinga oltre ogni limite, coronando il grande sogno (inconfessato, ma coltivato appunto dalla cultura occidentale dallilluminismo in poi) di sostituirsi a Dio.

«Joseph Conrad es un novelista genial, una de las más altas cumbres de la literatura inglesa, y al mismo tiempo un escritor incómodo. Es distinto a sus contemporáneos por el tratamiento de sus temas,

La linea dombra di Joseph Conrad e la storia di un giovane marinaio che, lasciato lincarico di secondo ufficiale su un mercantile inglese decide di abbandonare la vita di mare. Ma mentre aspetta di fare ritorno in Inghilterra gli si presenta una grande occasione: assumere il comando di una nave. Il giovane capitano dovra pero fronteggiare una terribile epidemia che colpisce lequipaggio e avverse condizioni climatiche che bloccano limbarcazione in mezzo al mare. Il superamento di queste avversita e il superamento metaforico delle difficolta della vita, di quella linea dombra che separa la spensieratezza della gioventu dalla consapevolezza della maturita. Questo straordinario classico della letteratura inglese e letto dallattore Mario Massari. (Versione integrale)Questo Audio-eBook e in formato EPUB 3. Un Audio-eBook contiene sia laudio che il testo e quindi permette di leggere, di ascoltare e di leggere+ascoltare in sincronia. Puo essere letto e ascoltato su eReader, tablet, smartphone e PC.Per fruire al meglio questo Audio-eBook da leggere e ascoltare in sincronia leggi la pagina daiuto a questo link:https://help.streetlib.com/hc/it/articles/211787685-Come-leggere-gli-audio-ebook

l'émerveillement et la joie de naviguer, mais aussi, parfois, le désenchantement et la révolte, tels sont les aspects singuliers de ce livre de conrad, qui navigua pendant vingt ans avant de devenir écrivain. il y déploie un témoignage à la fois ébloui, nostalgique et lucide sur sa relation avec la mer et les navires, perçus comme des créatures vivantes et sensibles dont il importe de se montrer digne. en même temps défilent des évocations d'escales, d'épisodes de mer, de navires, de grands vents et de silhouettes de marins rencontrés, pendant l'ultime âge d'or de la marine à voile.

Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman--''as unflinching as a hero in a book''--who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an eastern port. His life is ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. But, then he is befriended by an older man named Marlow who helps to establish him in exotic Patusan, a remote Malay settlement where his courage is put to the test once more. Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth. It is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English. Set in the context of social change and colonial expansion in late Victorian England, it embodies in Jim the values and turmoil of a fading empire. This new edition uses the first English edition text and includes a new introduction and notes by leading Conrad scholar Jacques Berthoud, glossaries, and an appendix on Conrad''s sources and reading.

Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad. Jim a young British seaman becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the hajj. When the ship starts rapidly taking on water and disaster seems imminent, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are picked up by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also saved, and the reprehensible actions of the crew are exposed. The other participants evade the judicial court of inquiry, leaving Jim to the court alone. The court strips him of his navigation command certificate for his dereliction of duty. Jim is angry with himself, both for his moment of weakness, and for missing an opportunity to be a hero.At the trial, he meets Charles Marlow, a sea captain, who in spite of his initial misgivings over what he sees as Jims moral unsoundness, comes to befriend him, for he is "one of us". Marlow later finds Jim work as a ship chandlers clerk. Jim tries to remain incognito, but whenever the opprobrium of the Patna incident catches up with him, he abandons his place and moves further east.Later, Marlows friend Stein suggests placing Jim as his factor in Patusan, a remote inland settlement with a mixed Malay and Bugis population, where Jims past can remain hidden. While living on the island he acquires the title Tuan (Lord). Here, Jim wins the respect of the people and becomes their leader by relieving them from the predations of the bandit Sherif Ali and protecting them from the corrupt local Malay chief, Rajah Tunku Allang. Jim wins the love of Jewel, a woman of mixed race, and is "satisfied... nearly". The end comes a few years later, when the town is attacked by the marauder "Gentleman" Brown. Although Brown and his gang are driven off, Dain Waris, the son of the leader of the Bugis community, is slain. Jim returns to Doramin, the Bugis leader, and willingly takes a fatal bullet in the chest from him as retribution for the death of his son.

El corazón de las tinieblas es una de las novelas más influyentes de la lengua inglesa, pero además se ha transformado con los años en uno de los mitos de nuestro tiempo. Es la historia de Charlie Marlow, capitan de un vapor belga, que debe navegar rio arriba hacia el corazon de Africa para buscar a Kurtz, un misterioso agente colonial que se ha convertido en un dios para los nativos y puede (o no) haber enloquecido. El viaje se convertira para Marlow en una descarnada exploracion de la crueldad y la codicia; sobre todo, lo obligara a observar de cerca los rincones mas oscuros del alma humana, y a aceptar que nadie sale indemne de esos encuentros con el mal.Conrad usaba monoculo y no le gustaba la poesia. Era un devorador de libros, con Flaubert y Maupassant a la cabeza y, como escritor, llego a dominar la lengua inglesa mejor que nadie en su tiempo.JAVIER MARIAS

Escrita el 1915, La línia d’ombra és una novel·la breu, basada en fets i experiències de la vida com a mariner de l’autor, a la qual Conrad retornava obsessivament en la seva ficció. Aquí es conta la