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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.

Story about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa. This setting provides the frame for Marlows story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between London and Africa as places of darkness.Central to Conrads work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilised people and those described as savages; Heart of Darkness raises questions about imperialism and racism. Originally published as a three-part serial story in Blackwoods Magazine, Heart of Darkness has been variously published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness as the sixty-seventh of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century.

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the mining town of Sulaco, an imaginary port in the western region of the imaginary country of Costaguana.The book has more fully developed characters than any other of his novels, but two characters dominate the narrative: Señor Gould and the eponymous anti-hero, the "incorruptible" Nostromo.

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.

Nesta narración autobiográfica, que reflicte a corrupción e o horror, atopamos unha viaxe física e psicolóxica ao interior da irracionalidade humana, inspirada nos seis meses que Conrad pasou no Congo colonizado e devastado polo rei Lepoldo II de Belxica.Ilustracion de cuberta de MARC TAEGERMarlow, un veterano mariñeiro ingles, recibe a encarga de ir a procura de Kurtz, un tratante de almafi perdido no corazon da selva africana. O encontro con el sera a confirmacion da farsante actitude colonialista, poñendo en tea de xuizo o seu caracter de cruzada moral e comercial. Estamos no Congo belga, en plena colonizacion europea, e Marlow relatanos como remonta o rio Congo nun barco vello, rodeado de perigos, internandose nun continente virxe e obxecto de rapiña. Marlow obsesionase con aquel home, desaparecido no remoto. Mais, quen e Kurtz?O corazon do negror e unha narracion autobiografica; a cronica dunha viaxe fisica e psicoloxica ao interior da irracionalidade humana, inspirada nos seis meses que Conrad pasou no Congo colonizado e devastado polo rei Lepoldo II de Belxica. O autor mostranos sen maquillaxe a corrupcion e o horror. O mais celebre relato curto de Joseph Conrad, convertido en libro de culto, foi escrito en 1899 e publicouse en 1902. Converteuse axiña nunha novela imprescindible, que amosa a hipocrisia colonialista, a escuridade do ser humano, e que cuestiona a civilizacion occidental.A obra inspiroulle a Francis Ford Coppola unha das suas grandes obras cinematograficas, Apocalypse Now. Ainda que esta ambientada na guerra de Vietnam, con Marlon Brando interpretando o papel de Kurtz, a pelicula mantiña o espirito do relato de Conrad.

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

Joseph Conrad fue marino antes que escritor. El mar recorrió su obra y le imprimió carácter. Cuando el 15 de abril de 1912 el Titanic se hundió en poco más de dos horas, el hombre de mar y gran moralista que fue Conrad no pudo permanecer ajeno al drama y reflejo su vision del asunto en los dos textos que aqui se recogen y que cuestionan la labor de las comisiones de investigacion cuyos trabajos fundamentaron una sentencia final sospechosamente favorable a los armadores.Ambos textos son inestimables por su calidad literaria, por su lucidez en medio de la confusion y por su dimension moral. Entre consideraciones tecnicas sumamente atinadas, Conrad cuestiona la soberbia del armador, de la prensa, de los investigadores comisionados y de la sociedad toda que genero tan infladas y poco fundadas expectativas alrededor del Titanic, con tan dramaticos resultados. El Titanic fue, por voluntad de sus propietarios, todo un simbolo, y el simbolo se volvio contra quienes lo concibieron. Conrad suscita la verdadera dimension humana y moral del drama que 100 años despues sigue dando tanto que hablar. Esta edicion contiene infografia especial y elementos de material grafico historico.

Quando decide deixar para trás a vida no mar, um jovem marinheiro é designado para uma tarefa inesperada. Embora inexperiente, assume o posto de capitão de um navio mercante cujo velho e excêntrico c

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

Joseph Conrad Introduction, notes and activities by Jozef Falinski Conrads spiritual journey into darkest Africa is based on his own experience in the Congo at the end of the 19th century. Marlow, the narrator, is torn between revulsion for and attraction towards colonialism but is driven onwards by an overwhelming desire to meet the mysterious Kurtz.

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) concebía la aventura al modo homérico: como drama moral. Al igual que Ulises, sus héroes se ven constantemente abocados a hacer elecciones decisivas, a instalarse lo más dignamente posible en universos precarios y a soñar en una dificil redencion que suponga la vuelta a las seguridades de partida, al mundo moral compartido por todos los que pueden considerarse "de los nuestros". Los heroes de Conrad son, quizas, demasiado humanos, y por ello cuentan de antemano con nuestra simpatia. De ahi, tambien, que dificilmente acabemos de leer historias como la que cuenta LORD JIM (1900) sin sentir que hemos cambiado un poco, que hemos adquirido algunas de las tragicas certezas a las que llega el protagonista. Conrad, autor tambien de HEAD OF DARKNESS (El corazon de las tinieblas), THE NIGGER OF THE "NARCISSUS" (El negro del "Narcissus", 1987), y VICTORY (Victoria, 1915) nos presenta en LORD JIM el panorama intenso de un mundo en el que los viejos ideales del deber y el honor entran en conflicto con la cinica moral utilitaria que parece imperar en las sociedades contemporaneas.

Ambientada a la ciutat de Londres, aquesta novel·la trepidant narra la doble vida del senyor Verloc, un humil botiguer taciturn i alhora un agent secret que treballa per a una ambaixada estrangera i que esta infiltrat en un obscur escamot anarquista. Es a ell a qui encarreguen una arriscada missio que pot canviar no sols el desti de la seva existencia, sino fins i tot el rumb de la politica internacional, i que tindra unes consequencies imprevistes. L& x02019;agent secret, una de les obres mes brillants de l& x02019;autor, ens ofereix una visio premonitoria de l& x02019;important paper que van arribar a tenir el terrorisme i els grups revolucionaris en el segle XX, i esdeve, al mateix temps, una lectura imprescindible per als amants de les novel·les d& x02019;espionatge.