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Joseph Conrad

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1857
Died
1924 (aged 67)
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Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was a , author who primarily wrote in .

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish-British novelist and short-story writer. Renowned for his maritime fiction, he authored classics such as “Heart of Darkness” and “Lord Jim.” Conrad’s works delved into themes of imperialism, moral ambiguity, and the human psyche.

Short Stories written by Joseph Conrad

  • Amy Foster - Short Story Amy Foster 1886 - Kennedy is a country doctor, and lives in Colebrook, on the shores of Eastbay. The high ground rising abruptly behind… ... Read more
  • An Anarchist - Short Story An Anarchist 1886 - A desperate tale THAT year I spent the best two months of the dry season on one of the estates… ... Read more
  • An Outpost of Progress - Short Story An Outpost of Progress 1897 - I There were two white men in charge of the trading station. Kayerts, the chief, was short and fat; Carlier,… ... Read more
  • Because of the Dollars - Short Story Because of the Dollars 1886 - CHAPTER I While we were hanging about near the water's edge, as sailors idling ashore will do (it was in… ... Read more
  • Falk: A Reminiscence - Short Story Falk: A Reminiscence 1886 - Several of us, all more or less connected with the sea, were dining in a small river-hostelry not more than… ... Read more
  • Gaspar Ruiz - Short Story Gaspar Ruiz 1886 - I A REVOLUTIONARY war raises many strange charac- ters out of the obscurity which is the common lot of humble… ... Read more
  • Il Conde - Short Story Il Conde 1886 - A pathetic tale "Vedi Napoli e poi mori." THE first time we got into conversation was in the National Museum… ... Read more
  • Karain: A Memoir - Short Story Karain: A Memoir 1886 - I We knew him in those unprotected days when we were content to hold in our hands our lives and… ... Read more
  • The Brute - Short Story The Brute 1886 - An Indignant Tale DODGING in from the rain-swept street, I exchanged a smile and a glance with Miss Blank in… ... Read more
  • The Duel (A Military Tale) - Short Story The Duel (A Military Tale) 1886 - I NAPOLEON I., whose career had the quality of a duel against the whole of Europe, disliked duelling between the… ... Read more
  • The Idiots - Short Story The Idiots 1886 - We were driving along the road from Treguier to Kervanda. We passed at a smart trot between the hedges topping… ... Read more
  • The Informer - Short Story The Informer 1886 - An Ironic Tale MR. X came to me, preceded by a letter of intro- duction from a good friend of… ... Read more
  • The Inn of the Two Witches - A Find - Short Story The Inn of the Two Witches – A Find 1886 - This tale, episode, experience--call it how you will--was related in the fifties of the last century by a man who,… ... Read more
  • The Lagoon - Short Story The Lagoon 1886 - The white man, leaning with both arms over the roof of the little house in the stern of the boat,… ... Read more
  • The Partner - Short Story The Partner 1886 - "And that be hanged for a silly yarn. The boatmen here in Westport have been telling this lie to the… ... Read more
  • The Planter of Malata - Short Story The Planter of Malata 1886 - CHAPTER I In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking.… ... Read more
  • The Return - Short Story The Return 1886 - It was curious—that sense of dull uneasiness that came over him so suddenly, so stealthily at first he scarcely noticed… ... Read more
  • The Secret Sharer - Short Story The Secret Sharer 1886 - I On my right hand there were lines of fishing stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo fences, incomprehensible… ... Read more
  • To-Morrow - Short Story To-Morrow 1886 - What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour. He did… ... Read more
  • Youth - Short Story Youth 1898 - THIS could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak--the sea entering into the… ... Read more
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