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Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, in 1857. After both of his parents died of tuberculosis, Conrad went to live with his uncle in Switzerland. After attending school in Kraków, he joined the French and then the British merchant marines, sailing to exotic destinations like the West Indies and the Congo, which would later become the backdrops for some of his fiction. In 1894 he settled down in England and began his literary career. In 1902 Conrad published his most famous work, Heart of Darkness, and continued to write until his death in 1924.
Victory
The Secret Agent
Youth
Heart of Darkness
Under Western Eyes
Lord Jim
Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories
Under Western Eyes
Typhoon and Other Stories
Nostromo
The Portable Conrad
Lord Jim
The Shadow-Line
Heart of Darkness and The Congo Diary
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent
Victory
Almayer's Folly
Lord Jim & Nostromo
Heart of Darkness
Nostromo
Lord Jim
Typhoon and Other Stories
Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer

Books

Victory
The Secret Agent
Youth
Heart of Darkness
Under Western Eyes
Lord Jim
Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' and Other Stories
Under Western Eyes
Typhoon and Other Stories
Nostromo
The Portable Conrad
Lord Jim
The Shadow-Line
Heart of Darkness and The Congo Diary
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent
Victory
Almayer's Folly
Lord Jim & Nostromo
Heart of Darkness
Nostromo
Lord Jim
Typhoon and Other Stories
Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer

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