Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
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A propos de l'auteur
Joseph Conrad is recognized as one of the 20th century's greatest English language novelists. He was born Jozef Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski on December 3, 1857, in the Polish Ukraine. His father, a writer and translator, was from Polish nobility, but political activity against Russian oppression led afficher plus to his exile. Conrad was orphaned at a young age and subsequently raised by his uncle. At 17 he went to sea, an experience that shaped the bleak view of human nature which he expressed in his fiction. In such works as Lord Jim (1900), Youth (1902), and Nostromo (1904), Conrad depicts individuals thrust by circumstances beyond their control into moral and emotional dilemmas. His novel Heart of Darkness (1902), perhaps his best known and most influential work, narrates a literal journey to the center of the African jungle. This novel inspired the acclaimed motion picture Apocalypse Now. After the publication of his first novel, Almayer's Folly (1895), Conrad gave up the sea. He produced thirteen novels, two volumes of memoirs, and twenty-eight short stories. He died on August 3, 1924, in England. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim / The Nigger of Narcissus / Typhoon / Nostromo / The Secret Agent (1951) 168 exemplaires
Joseph Conrad: Three Great Tales (Heart of Darkness, Typhoon, Nigger of the Narcissus) (1958) 94 exemplaires
Typhoon and Other Tales 51 exemplaires
The shadow-line, and two other tales: Typhoon, The secret sharer (Doubleday anchor books, A178) (1959) — Auteur — 35 exemplaires
The Complete Short Fiction of Joseph Conrad: The Stories (Conrad, Joseph//Complete Short Fiction of Joseph Conrad) (1935) 29 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire, A Longman Cultural Edition (2006) 28 exemplaires
Works of Joseph Conrad. (25 Works) Includes Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer, The Secret Agent, Under Western… (2008) 25 exemplaires
Fictions of Empire: Complete Texts With Introduction, Historical Contexts, Critical Essays (New Riverside Editions) (2002) 25 exemplaires
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / The Secret Sharer / Transformation: Three Tales of Doubles (2008) — Contributeur — 21 exemplaires
The Nigger of the Narcissus / Youth / The Secret Sharer / Freya of the Seven Isles (1949) 20 exemplaires
Joseph Conrad, life and letters 18 exemplaires
Three Novels by Joseph Conrad: The Nigger of the Narcissus, Heart of Darkness, The Secret Sharer (1970) 13 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness. The Congo Diary 12 exemplaires
Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels [Nostromo, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, etc.] (Book House) (2012) 10 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness 9 exemplaires
[unidentified works] 8 exemplaires
Short Stories 8 exemplaires
The Conrad Reader 7 exemplaires
Eight tales 7 exemplaires
Laughing Anne & One day more. Two plays by .... With an introduction by John Galsworthy. (1924) 6 exemplaires
The Definitive Joseph Conrad Collection: The Collected Novels in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 6 exemplaires
EL ALMA DEL GUERRERO 6 exemplaires
The Sisters 6 exemplaires
Youth/ Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether 5 exemplaires
Reading & Training : Joseph Conrad : Lord Jim [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 5 exemplaires
Mensen en de zee 5 exemplaires
Reading & Training : Joseph Conrad : Heart of darkness [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 5 exemplaires
Alma negra. Traducción de Juan Luis Romero Peche. Prólogo de Antonio Molina Flores (1999) 5 exemplaires
The Inheritors / Almayer's Folly — Auteur — 4 exemplaires
El soci; La posada de les dues bruixes 4 exemplaires
Four Sensational Adventure Novels 4 exemplaires
Das Ende Vom Lied / Die Schattenlinie / Almayers Wahn 4 exemplaires
El corazon de las tinieblas, con el Diario del Congo de Conrad y Las voces de Kurtz (Spanish Edition) (2015) 4 exemplaires
Il Conde 4 exemplaires
50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die, vol 3 4 exemplaires
Lord Jim, Airmont Classics Edition CL54 3 exemplaires
Complete works. Volume v.4 1924 [Leather Bound] 3 exemplaires
Mörkrets hjärta. : [Jämte: Skugglinjen och Ungdom.] [Engelska orig:s titlar: The shadow-line.- Youth.- Heart of… 3 exemplaires
Four Fictions 3 exemplaires
Histórias de horror 3 exemplaires
Complete works Volume 7 (1925) 1925 [Leather Bound] 3 exemplaires
Complete works. Volume v.16 1924 [Leather Bound] 3 exemplaires
Complete works. Volume v.11 1924 [Leather Bound] 3 exemplaires
Suspense by Joseph Conrad - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) (Delphi Parts Edition (Joseph Conrad) Book 19) 3 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness & Other Tales (Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers) (1982) 3 exemplaires
100 Books You Must Read Before You Die [volume 1] 3 exemplaires
The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad (The Cambridge Edition of the Letters of Joseph Conrad) (2015) 3 exemplaires
Greatest Works of Joseph Conrad: Nostromo, Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, Victory, The Shadow-Line, The Arrow of Gold,… (2012) 3 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness and the Secret Agent: And, the Secret Agent (New York Public Library Collector's Editions) 3 exemplaires
Lord Jim 1 3 exemplaires
Almayer's Folly / Last Essays — Auteur — 3 exemplaires
Epistolario 3 exemplaires
The arrow of gold / The rescue 2 exemplaires
Jarrett(?) and Two other Stories 2 exemplaires
Conrads Polish Background Letters To and F 2 exemplaires
Heart of darkness 2 exemplaires
Karain och andra berättelser 2 exemplaires
30 War & Military Masterpieces You Must Read Before you die (Golden Deer Classics) (2017) 2 exemplaires
At the Door of Darkness 2 exemplaires
Joseph Conrad, Werke, 4 Bde., Almayers Luftschloss, Herz der Finsternis, Freya von den sieben Inseln, Lord Jim -… (2000) 2 exemplaires
Letters to William Blackwood and David S. Meldrum 2 exemplaires
De Paises Lejanos 2 exemplaires
Noveller 2 exemplaires
Joseph Conrad 10 Book Set (Lord Jim, Youth, Chance, Suspense, The Arrow of Gold, Twixt Land and Sea, Tales of Unrest,… (1928) 2 exemplaires
Great Illustrated Classics: Lord Jim -- with Pictures of the Author and His Environment and Illustrations of the… 2 exemplaires
Conrad's Manifesto: Preface to a Career 2 exemplaires
Tutti i racconti e i romanzi brevi 2 exemplaires
Lord Jim & Victory (2 Books in 1) (Classics Omnibus) 2 exemplaires
An Outcast of the Islands Annotated 2 exemplaires
La Linea d’ombra. Cuore di tenebra 2 exemplaires
Joseph Conrad Collection: Volume I: Heart of Darkness, The Secret Sharer, Almayer's Folly, Freya of the Seven Isles,… 2 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness 2 exemplaires
Romanzi e racconti d'avventura di terra e di mare 2 exemplaires
Lord Jim. tom II 2 exemplaires
Lord Jim; an authoritative text . . . Edited by Thomas Moser Norton critical editions (1968) 2 exemplaires
Storie di mare e di marinai 2 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness (Annotated): The Original 1899 Edition with New Historical Annotations and Analytical Discussion… 2 exemplaires
Four great short stories 2 exemplaires
Nostromo Novel by Joseph Conrad Annotated 2 exemplaires
The Collected Short Stories of Joseph Conrad: 28 Short Stories in One Volume (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 2 exemplaires
The Heart of Darkness: Level 6 2 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness: And Youth (Vintage Voyages) 2 exemplaires
Joseph Conrad: The Complete Novels and Novellas A Biography of the Author (The Greatest Writers of All Time) (2017) 2 exemplaires
Heart of Darkness (with The Congo Diary) 2 exemplaires
Obras completas IV 2 exemplaires
Corazón de las tinieblas: (y Cuadernos del Congo) (Grandes Clásicos) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 exemplaire
Coração das trevas Literatura infanto juvenil 1 exemplaire
Il compagno segreto 1 exemplaire
The Nigger of the "Narcissus" - Typhoon - Amy Foster - Falk - Tomorrow (Everyman Paperbacks) by Joseph Conrad… 1 exemplaire
Agentul secret 1 exemplaire
Heart of Darkness; Almayer's Folly and the Lagoon General Introduction by Albert J. Gerard 1 exemplaire
Typhoon and Other Stories Annotated by Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
The heart of darkness ; and, Youth 1 exemplaire
Joseph Conrad Collection: Volume IV: Lord Jim, Victory, Amy Foster, Youth, Il Conde, The Inn of the Two Witches, The… 1 exemplaire
The Inheritors and The Nature of a Crime (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad) (2022) 1 exemplaire
Contos do mar - Tufão | Falk | O Limiar da Sombra 1 exemplaire
Gospoda pod dwiema wiedźmami 1 exemplaire
GERI ZEKALILAR 1 exemplaire
Un reietto delle isole 1 exemplaire
LORD XHIMI 1 exemplaire
Tifo 1902 1 exemplaire
Freya fra de syv øer 1 exemplaire
Conrad's Short Stories Complete 1 exemplaire
The Secret Agent (Signet Classics) by Conrad, Joseph(April 3, 2007) Mass Market Paperback 1 exemplaire
Ungdom 1 exemplaire
Juventud y el corazón de las tinieblas 1 exemplaire
Contos do Desassossego 1 exemplaire
Spas 1 exemplaire
Obras Completas V - SALVAMENTO - NOTAS DE VIDA Y LETRAS - EL PIRATA - EL ALMA DEL GUERRERO Y OTROS CUENTOS DE OIDAS 1 exemplaire
Selected Short Stories and The Rover 1 exemplaire
Heart of Darkness (British Classics Series): Including Author's Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays 1 exemplaire
Linea d'ombra. Con prove INVALSI. Con CD Audio 1 exemplaire
Amy Foster ; The lagoon = La laguna 1 exemplaire
Heart of Darkness, Victory, Lord Jim 1 exemplaire
Youth A Narrative & Two Other Stories Vol. 6 1 exemplaire
Alma Russa 1 exemplaire
Il filibustiere (Italian Edition) 1 exemplaire
Antique Rare An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad ~ The Limited Editions Club (1975) [Hardcover] Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
In the heart of darkness 1 exemplaire
The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad: Novels, Short Stories, Letters & Memoirs: Including Classics like Heart of… 1 exemplaire
II Conde 1 exemplaire
Nostrodomo (German Edition) 1 exemplaire
La laguna e altri racconti 1 exemplaire
The N----- of the Narcissus 1 exemplaire
Corsarul 1 exemplaire
The Nigger of the "Narcissus" - Typhoon - Amy Foster - Falk - Tomorrow (Everyman Paperbacks) by Joseph Conrad… 1 exemplaire
Joseph Conrad TALES OF HEARSAY 1926 Doubleday, Page & Co., NY Leatherbound [Hardcover] unknown 1 exemplaire
Rare Joseph Conrad THE NIGGER OF NARCISSUS Heritage Press in Slipcase w/ Sandglass [Hardcover] Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
Juventude - ed. clube 1 exemplaire
Cloak and Dagger — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Coração das Trevas - ed. clube 1 exemplaire
Free First Chapter: Heart of Darkness 1 exemplaire
Il reietto delle isole: romanzo 1 exemplaire
Gaspar Ruiz Joseph Conrad: Classic Literature Novel 1 exemplaire
Notes on Life and Letters Annotated 1 exemplaire
Twixt Land & Sea Tales by Joseph Conrad: Twixt Land & Sea Tales by Joseph Conrad (2018) 1 exemplaire
Romanzi e racconti d'avventura di terra e di mare 1 exemplaire
Lord Jim 1920 [Leather Bound] 1 exemplaire
El agente secreto. Novela. 1 exemplaire
The Novels of Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
The Warrior's Soul 1 exemplaire
Niggeren på "Narcis" 1 exemplaire
Pirouzi (Victory) 1 exemplaire
හෘද සාක්ෂියක අඳෝනාව 1 exemplaire
The Informer and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Heart of Darkness and Other Stories by Joseph Conrad (Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection Book 111) (2012) 1 exemplaire
Heart of Darkess and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Racconti ascoltati - Ultimi saggi 1 exemplaire
New Oxford Progressive English Readers: Level 2: Lord Jim (Oxford Progressive English Readers Hong Kong) (2007) 1 exemplaire
Heart of darkness; karain; outpost progress; amy foster; secret sharer; shadow-line; nigger narcissus; gaspar ruiz;… 1 exemplaire
Lord Jim. Guild edition 1 exemplaire
Christmas Day at Sea 1 exemplaire
Ungdom ; [Det inderste mørke] 1 exemplaire
Joseph Conrad Ultimate Collection: 18 Novels, 20 Short Stories, Letters & Memoirs: Including Classics like Heart of… (2015) 1 exemplaire
Gioventù, e altri due racconti 1 exemplaire
Henry James, an appreciation 1 exemplaire
The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad [Partial Set of 15 Volumes, 1-3, 5-12, 21, 22, 24] (1. Arrow of Gold; 2. Chance; 3.… (1924) 1 exemplaire
Selected short stories 1 exemplaire
The Inn of the Two Witches and The Duel 1 exemplaire
Les Habitants de Montbronn, Au fil des Generations 1 exemplaire
The World at War 1914-1918 1 exemplaire
Wybór nowel 1 exemplaire
Arrow of Gold (Everyman Paperbacks) 1 exemplaire
Teatro 1 exemplaire
Derniers contes, suivis de Notes sur les Lettres 1 exemplaire
Mr. Vladimir and Mr. Verloc 1 exemplaire
Erzählungen 1 exemplaire
Nostromo (Videotape) 1 exemplaire
Well Done! 1 exemplaire
The Secret Agent / The Inheritors — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
An Introduction to Conrad. 1 exemplaire
Listy 1 exemplaire
A Conrad Companion 1 exemplaire
מדריך ישראל החדש : אנציקלופדיה - מסלולי טיול 1 exemplaire
The Best of Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
Il socio (in Tutti i racconti e i romanzi brevi) 1 exemplaire
Memoirs and essays 1 exemplaire
Novellas and Short Stories 1 exemplaire
Complete Novels and Short Stories of Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
Ultimi romanzi 1 exemplaire
Initiation 1 exemplaire
The Shorter of Joseph Conrad, L P 1 exemplaire
The Men Behind The Trident 1 exemplaire
The Tale and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Juventud. La posada de las dos brujas. Un socio 1 exemplaire
Joseph Conrad a Sketch with a Bibliography 1 exemplaire
3: Romanzi occidentali 1 exemplaire
Opowiadania wybrane 1 exemplaire
Linha de sombra : ensaio sre a obra de Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
The Secret Agent - Classic Illustrated Edition 1 exemplaire
Selected Tales from Conrad - An Outpost of Progress, Karain: A memory; The Secret Shharer; The Planter of Malata 1 exemplaire
The Rescue, A Romance of the Shallows Annotated 1 exemplaire
Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad - The Franklin Library - H.Tom Hall Illustrations - Limited Edition 1 exemplaire
Černoch z lode Narcissus ; Tajfún 1 exemplaire
Ölüm Seferi 1 exemplaire
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) (Delphi Parts Edition (Joseph Conrad) Book 4) 1 exemplaire
The complete short stories of Joseph Conrad 1 exemplaire
The Lagoon and Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Obras completas III 1 exemplaire
Within the Tides Annotated 1 exemplaire
El coraz de las tinieblas ; La soga al cuello 1 exemplaire
Youth: A Narrative, and Two Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Juventude: uma narrativa seguida de O Conto 1 exemplaire
Youth / Heart of Darkness — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
50 Mystery and Detective masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1 (2021 Edition) (2020) 1 exemplaire
Przygoda 1 exemplaire
Ostatnie szkice 1 exemplaire
Opowieści zasłyszane ; Siostry 1 exemplaire
O życiu i literaturze 1 exemplaire
Un gruppo di sei. Gaspar Ruiz. Il delatore. L'infame. Un anarchico. Il duello. Il Conde - vedi Napoli e poi mori 1 exemplaire
The Shifting of the Fire 1 exemplaire
Lagunen : Fortellinger 1 exemplaire
Works (Malay Edition) 1 exemplaire
נעורים ; השותף : [שני סיפורי-ים מרתקים] 1 exemplaire
Joseph Conrad on The Art of Writing. Being a reprinting of the original preface to "The Nigger of the Narcissus" Issued… (1914) 1 exemplaire
Typhoon / The End of the Tether 1 exemplaire
La linea d'ombra: Entro le maree... 1 exemplaire
Cuore di tenebra - La linea d'ombra: Ediz. integrali (Grandi Classici Vol. 21) (Italian Edition) (2015) 1 exemplaire
Announcing the First Publication for the Fall of 1929 of the Department of Limited Editions of Doubleday, Doran &… 1 exemplaire
The Age Of Fables 1 exemplaire
All men are Brothers 1 exemplaire
Mocidade e O parceiro secreto 1 exemplaire
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Great English Short Stories - Volume Two: Trollope to O'Connor (1939) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Best-in-Books: House of Moreys / Return in August / Small Miracle / Typhoon / Mexico (1954) 6 exemplaires
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Korzeniowski, Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad
- Autres noms
- Conrad, Joseph
- Date de naissance
- 1857-12-03
- Date de décès
- 1924-08-03
- Lieu de sépulture
- Canterbury City Cemetery, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
Poland - Pays (pour la carte)
- England, UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Berdytsjiv, Oblast Zjytomyr, Oekraïne
- Lieu du décès
- Bishopsbourne, Kent, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- heart attack
- Lieux de résidence
- Bishopsbourne, Kent, England, UK
Lwow, Poland
Vologda, Russia
Marseille, France
Warsaw, Poland
Chernihiv, Ukraine (tout afficher 7)
Krakow, Poland - Études
- homeschooled
- Professions
- auteur
- Relations
- Conrad, Jessie (wife)
Curle, Richard (friend) - Courte biographie
- Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. Conrad wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe.
Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced numerous authors, and many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that Conrad's fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events.
Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew, among other things, on his native Poland's national experiences and on his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world—including imperialism and colonialism—and that profoundly explore the human psyche.
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Je crois que ce court roman m’a paru aussi difficile à déchiffrer que lors de ma première lecture, même si j’ai peut-être cette fois été plus sensible à la métaphore du fleuve qui serait comme un cheminement vers la folie. Je ne suis pas sûre que je dirais folie d’ailleurs. Pour moi, ce fleuve est plutôt un chemin le long duquel on se dépouille de la culture et de la société. Arrivé en son bout, se trouve l’homme sans les garde-fous de la société ou les remparts de la moralité, l’homme « sauvage », l’homme « préhistorique », Conrad multiplie ainsi les épithètes, en définitive, « L’horreur ! L’horreur ! »
Les interprétations de ce roman ont été tellement nombreuses depuis sa publication il y a plus d’un siècle que je ne clorai pas le débat et que je ne pourrai donner que mon interprétation personnelle (et qui de plus pourrait bien varier la prochaine fois que je lis ce livre). Conrad semble convaincu de la mission civilisatrice des colons en Afrique, mais très critique quant à la façon dont ils mènent cette mission. L’Afrique est donc bien selon lui cette terre vierge où l’on n’est pas encore rentré dans l’histoire et demeure soumis à ses instincts naturels. L’homme civilisé qui s’y aventure, plutôt que d’amener la civilisation avec lui, se dépouille peu à peu de celle-ci pour renouer avec l’avidité, la cruauté, la gratuité de la violence, un état qui le rapproche peu à peu de la folie. Kurtz, cet homme qui avait de grandes idées généreuses au départ en est la personnification et, devant la vanité de ses grands desseins, ne peut que constater l’horreur apparaît quand les masques tombent.
C’est me semble-t-il une vision très noire de l’humanité et de la fragilité du vernis tenu qu’est la notion de civilisation et de morale qui sous-tend nos sociétés. Dans le style avec lourd qui caractérise Conrad mais aussi dans les images vivantes qu’il fait naître, il nous dit tout son pessimisme quant à ce que nous sommes en réalité, derrière cette belle façade de ce que nous croyons (ou voulons) être. Un livre qui se lit et se relit, lentement pour se laisser pénétrer de ses phrases et de ses non-dits, mais un livre qui ne redonne pas foi en l’humanité.… (plus d'informations)