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1	Heart of Darkness more books like this by Joseph Conrad Conrad's only spy novel, THE SECRET AGENT is set in the filthy and depraved city of London of the 1880s. Adolf Verloc, a bumbling police informer and the undercover agent for an unnamed European embassy, is recruited to bomb the Greenwich Observatory. Horrified and afraid, he fools his wife (who married him only so he would support her) into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Lord Jim more books like this by Joseph Conrad LORD JIM, Conrad's powerful tale of an idealistic young man and the moment of weakness that determines the rest of his life, explores the nature of innocence, courage, and heroism. It includes an episode from Conrad's own life, in which he was injured by a falling spar while serving as a first mate on the "Highland Forest", and hospitalized in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer more books like this by Joseph Conrad In HEART OF DARKNESS, Conrad's most existential hero, Marlow, is the commander of a riverboat looking for ivory to trade in the Belgian Congo. His journey into the heart of the Congo is both a thrilling adventure and a symbolic excursion into the depths of the human psyche to confront the evil that exists there. Marlow's encounter with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Nostromo more books like this by Joseph Conrad A pessimistic novel about political power in a Latin American country, and the inhumanity and brutality that result when ideals and reality clash. NOSTROMO is considered by many to be Conrad's greatest novel. It was one he hesitated to write, he says in the introduction, "as if warned by the instinct of self-preservation from venturing on a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Secret Agent more books like this by Joseph Conrad Conrad's only spy novel, THE SECRET AGENT is set in the filthy and depraved city of London of the 1880s. Adolf Verloc, a bumbling police informer and the undercover agent for an unnamed European embassy, is recruited to bomb the Greenwich Observatory. Horrified and afraid, he fools his wife (who married him only so he would support her) into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Secret Agent: A Simple Tale more books like this by Joseph Conrad Conrad's only spy novel, THE SECRET AGENT is set in the filthy and depraved city of London of the 1880s. Adolf Verloc, a bumbling police informer and the undercover agent for an unnamed European embassy, is recruited to bomb the Greenwich Observatory. Horrified and afraid, he fools his wife (who married him only so he would support her) into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Under Western Eyes more books like this by Joseph Conrad In this novel about revolutionaries, set in Russia and Switzerland, Conrad presents a psychological portrait of Russia in 1911 through a complex dance of plots and counterplots, loyalty and betrayal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Victory more books like this by Joseph Conrad Conrad sets his novel VICTORY, which he wrote in 1915, in the Malay Archipelago--the setting for LORD JIM (1900). In VICTORY, a baron and former exile named Axel Heyst becomes involved with a woman named Lena, a traveling violinist; however, one of Lena's former lovers finds the couple on their isolated island, and the story culminates in a deadly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Nigger of the Narcissus more books like this by Joseph Conrad In Conrad's 1897 novel, THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS, the morale of a ship's crew is undermined by sympathy for a dying black sailor: a paradoxical situation that Conrad returned to often in his novels, which are frequently about the danger as well as the absolute necessity of human relationships. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Heart of Darkness: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Criticism more books like this by Joseph Conrad In HEART OF DARKNESS, Conrad's most existential hero, Marlow, is the commander of a riverboat looking for ivory to trade in the Belgian Congo. His journey into the heart of the Congo is both a thrilling adventure and a symbolic excursion into the depths of the human psyche to confront the evil that exists there. Marlow's encounter with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
11 view cover	Heart of darkness ; with, The Congo diary more books like this by Joseph Conrad, Robert Hampson In HEART OF DARKNESS, Conrad's most existential hero, Marlow, is the commander of a riverboat looking for ivory to trade in the Belgian Congo. His journey into the heart of the Congo is both a thrilling adventure and a symbolic excursion into the depths of the human psyche to confront the evil that exists there. Marlow's encounter with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	Lord Jim: A Tale more books like this by Joseph Conrad LORD JIM, Conrad's powerful tale of an idealistic young man and the moment of weakness that determines the rest of his life, explores the nature of innocence, courage, and heroism. It includes an episode from Conrad's own life, in which he was injured by a falling spar while serving as a first mate on the "Highland Forest", and hospitalized in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Heart of darkness and other tales more books like this by Joseph Conrad, Cedric Watts (Editor) In HEART OF DARKNESS, Conrad's most existential hero, Marlow, is the commander of a riverboat looking for ivory to trade in the Belgian Congo. His journey into the heart of the Congo is both a thrilling adventure and a symbolic excursion into the depths of the human psyche to confront the evil that exists there. Marlow's encounter with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Outcast of the Islands more books like this by Joseph Conrad Conrad's second novel (1896) is set at an isolated trading post in the town of Macassar, on an island in Indonesia, where a fairly lowly Dutch clerk named Peter Willems finds himself lost and bewildered in an alien world. As he tries to find a way to survive there, his own intrigues prove to be his undoing, and in the end he essentially loses his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Rover more books like this by Joseph Conrad A French pirate returns home but must flee again, pursued not only by the British but by the French in Conrad's tense novel set during the Napoleonic wars. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard more books like this by Joseph Conrad A pessimistic novel about political power in a Latin American country, and the inhumanity and brutality that result when ideals and reality clash. NOSTROMO is considered by many to be Conrad's greatest novel. It was one he hesitated to write, he says in the introduction, "as if warned by the instinct of self-preservation from venturing on a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Almayer's Folly a Story of an Eastern River more books like this by Joseph Conrad ALMAYER'S FOLLY, Conrad's (and astonishingly competent) first novel in English, takes place in Indonesia, where a Dutch colonial whose business has failed wishes to escape the island and his malignant marriage. His only hope is to marry his daughter off to a European so he can leave with her--but his daughter has her own ideas about the kind of ... see all copies from $2.07! new only from $7.56! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Almayers Folly more books like this by Joseph Conrad ALMAYER'S FOLLY, Conrad's (and astonishingly competent) first novel in English, takes place in Indonesia, where a Dutch colonial whose business has failed wishes to escape the island and his malignant marriage. His only hope is to marry his daughter off to a European so he can leave with her--but his daughter has her own ideas about the kind of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Shadow-Line: A Confession more books like this by Joseph Conrad Written in 1915, this novel is a subtle analysis of the nature of manhood, and its varieties of masculinity. A young sea captains first command brings with it a succession of crises: a crew that is laid low by fever, and a deranged first mate who is convinced the ship is haunted by the spirit of a previous captain. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.43! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Heart of Darkness: Great Books Edition more books like this by Joseph Conrad, Woolley In Conrad's haunting tale, Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the enigmatic Kurtz. Traveling to the heart of the African continent, he discovers how Kurtz has gained his position of power and influence over the local people. Marlow's struggle to fathom his experience involves him in a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Mirror of the Sea more books like this by Joseph Conrad In THE MIRROR OF THE SEA, Conrad records some of his impressions and memories of his years on the ocean. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $8.52! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Chance a Tale in Two Parts more books like this by Joseph Conrad CHANCE was one of Conrad's few best-selling novels, and one of the few he designed to appeal specifically to women. Essentially a romance, it tells the story of a young woman who is forced to choose between loyalty to her disreputable father and devotion to her sea-captain husband. Derided by critics when it was published in 1913, CHANCE is now ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Victory: An Island Tale more books like this by Joseph Conrad Conrad sets his novel VICTORY, which he wrote in 1915, in the Malay Archipelago--the setting for LORD JIM (1900). In VICTORY, a baron and former exile named Axel Heyst becomes involved with a woman named Lena, a traveling violinist; however, one of Lena's former lovers finds the couple on their isolated island, and the story culminates in a deadly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Notes on Life and Letters more books like this by Joseph Conrad Twenty-six essays offering a kaleidoscopic view of Conrad??'s literary views and interest in the events of his day. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.06! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Within the tides more books like this by Joseph Conrad This collection includes "The Planter of Malata," "The Partner," "The Inn of the Two Witches," and "Because of the Dollars." see all copies from $2.67! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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