Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad, polish origin British novelist, considered one of the great modern writers in English, whose work explores the vulnerability and instability of human morality.
Conrad, whose original name was Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was born in Poland. Orphaned at age 12. He sailed a lot, especially in the East. Conrad's experiences, especially in the Malay Archipelago and the Congo River in 1890, are reflected in their stories, written in English, which was his fourth language after Polish, Russian and French.
Conrad wrote 13 novels, two memoirs and 28 short stories, even though he found writing difficult and painful, as reflected in this comment own after completing the novel Nostromo (1904), considered by many critics as his masterpiece: "a triumph for which my friends may congratulate me as if I had gone from a serious illness. " Life at sea and in foreign ports is the backdrop for most of his stories, but his obsession was the fundamental human condition and the individual's struggle between good and evil. Often the narrator is a retired marine, possibly Conrad's alter ego, as some of his novels are considered autobiographical, an example is, Almayer's Folly (1895).
One of the most popular novels of Conrad's Lord Jim (1900), which explores the concept of honor through the actions and feelings of a man who spends his life trying to atone for his cowardice during a shipwreck in his youth. Other works include: Under Western Eyes (1911), set in nineteenth-century Russian repression, Victoria (1915), set in the South Seas, and the story The Heart of Darkness (1902) that reveals the terrifying depths of human venality, is one of the most popular stories of Conrad.
Almost all his works reflect a certain sadness. His style is rich and vigorous, and his narrative technique used in speech interruptions chronologically. The construction of the characters is solid and effective.
Conrad died at Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury, in 1924. Decisive influence on
Conrad, whose original name was Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was born in Poland. Orphaned at age 12. He sailed a lot, especially in the East. Conrad's experiences, especially in the Malay Archipelago and the Congo River in 1890, are reflected in their stories, written in English, which was his fourth language after Polish, Russian and French.
Conrad wrote 13 novels, two memoirs and 28 short stories, even though he found writing difficult and painful, as reflected in this comment own after completing the novel Nostromo (1904), considered by many critics as his masterpiece: "a triumph for which my friends may congratulate me as if I had gone from a serious illness. " Life at sea and in foreign ports is the backdrop for most of his stories, but his obsession was the fundamental human condition and the individual's struggle between good and evil. Often the narrator is a retired marine, possibly Conrad's alter ego, as some of his novels are considered autobiographical, an example is, Almayer's Folly (1895).
One of the most popular novels of Conrad's Lord Jim (1900), which explores the concept of honor through the actions and feelings of a man who spends his life trying to atone for his cowardice during a shipwreck in his youth. Other works include: Under Western Eyes (1911), set in nineteenth-century Russian repression, Victoria (1915), set in the South Seas, and the story The Heart of Darkness (1902) that reveals the terrifying depths of human venality, is one of the most popular stories of Conrad.
Almost all his works reflect a certain sadness. His style is rich and vigorous, and his narrative technique used in speech interruptions chronologically. The construction of the characters is solid and effective.
Conrad died at Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury, in 1924. Decisive influence on