Conrad, Joseph

A comprehensive collection of critical commentaries on Joseph Conrad's classic novel "Heart of Darkness, " including those from contemporaries Henry James and Virginia Woolf; along with the complete text of the novel.

A mysterious drifter named Alex Heyst rescues a "bad girl" from a seedy tropical hotel and takes her home to Samburan, his own island in the East Indies. Three intruders follow them and bring horror, death, and a strange, haunting victory.

A man who has been branded a coward earns the respect of the Malay people.

A man who has been branded a coward earns the respect of the Malay people.

Presents the complete text of the classic story about man's struggle against the forces of greed and temptation, along with five critical essays that approach the work from different perspectives.

In turn-of-the-century London, an undercover, counter-revolutionary mole provokes a radical group he has penetrated into an act of violence that will bring about its own destruction.

Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory, here is a chillingly prophetic examination of contemporary terrorism and the literary precursor to today's espionage thriller. Revised reissue.

Contains "The Heart of Darkness," in which the captain of a steam ship on the Congo River meets and observes Mr. Kurtz, the fabled chief of the Inner Station for the trading company on that river in 1890. Includes "The Congo Diary.".