Joseph Conrad

Le capitaine Marlow raconte sa remontée d'un grand fleuve africain sur un vapeur jusqu'au "cœur des ténèbres", à la recherche d'un certain Kurtz...

This significant piece of literature by Joseph Conrad is a moody, symbolic narrative that follows Charles Marlow as he retells his early days as a steamboat captain on the Congo River....

"La folie et le désespoir! Qu'on me donne cela comme levier, et je ferai bouger le monde". Verloc, espion infiltrant le milieu anarchiste...

"J'ai tenté avec un respect presque filial de rendre la vibration vitale du vaste monde des eaux, du coeur des hommes simples qui, depuis..."

Heyst’s aim to live a solitary existence is cut short when he meets an enchanting English violinist named Lena and brings her back to his island, rescuing her from her predatory patron Schomberg. Together they create a haven and Lena reawakens Heyst’s passion for life....

Congo 1890, Marlowe, un marin aventurier, est lancé sur les traces de Kurtz, un mystérieux explorateur disparu au coeur de la jungle africaine...

Joseph Conrad’s multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration....

Although Heart of Darkness was one of the first literary texts to provide a critical view of European imperial activities, it was initially read by critics as anything but controversial....

Secret agent Mr. Adolph Verloc operates from a seedy Soho shop. When he's assigned to plant a bomb at Greenwich Observatory, his plans go terribly awry....

Joseph Conrad's searing tale of one of the strangest and most memorable journeys ever taken....

An unsettling tale of plague, drift and terror, The Shadow-Line documents a young seaman’s coming of age after he is recruited to captain a ship for the first time....

Relish the wonders of Classic Literature in B.J. Harrison’s second season of The Classic Tales Podcast....

Victory is the story of a loner who believes that the best way to avoid life's pain and pitfalls is to distance himself from others....

Established as one of the great English novels, and a story of mythic power, Heart of Darkness is rich in meaning – allusive, enthralling, and haunting....

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....

Deux histoires d’anarchistes. Dans la première, un ouvrier finit au bagne et dans la seconde, un bourgeois boit du champagne ! Grâce à un ami, Conrad a...

Jim, the first mate aboard a small steamer named the Patna, travels from port to port in the Pacific Ocean....

Le fleuve Congo, dans 'Au cœur des ténèbres', est bien plus qu'un simple cours d'eau ; il est une métaphore de l'inconscient humain, de l'obscurité qui sommeille en chacun de nous.

Written at the start of the Great War, when his son Borys was at the Western Front, The Shadow-Line is Conrad's supreme effort to open man's eyes to....

Penguin Classics presents Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness....