Joseph Conrad

JOSEPH CONRAD was born in Polish Ukraine on December 3, 1857, with the name Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski. Orphaned at the age of eleven, Conrad spent the remainder of his youth in Switzerland and Cracow before joining the French marines. In 1878, he enlisted in the British Merchant Navy. Following sixteen years of service, Conrad launched his literary career in England. He published many novels and stories, including Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904), and most famously, The Heart of Darkness (1899), inspired by his steamboat voyage on the Congo River. Although English was his third language (after Polish and French), Conrad’s rich and distinctive prose established him as one of England’s greatest novelists. Conrad died on August 3, 1924, in Kent, England.

Joseph Conrad

Books by Joseph Conrad

Lord Jim: A Norton Critical Edition
Joseph Conrad, Thomas C. Moser
Second Edition, Paperback, 1996
This Norton Critical Edition provides the most authoritative text of Lord Jim yet published; it is based on the definitive third English edition, collated with the periodical version that appeared...
The Secret Sharer and Other Stories: A Norton Critical Edition
Joseph Conrad, John G. Peters
First Edition, Paperback, 2015
Four stories—two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident—that speak to each other in interesting ways.
Heart of Darkness: A Norton Critical Edition
Joseph Conrad, Paul B. Armstrong
Fifth Edition, Paperback, 2016
“This is the best Norton Critical Edition yet! All my students are becoming intensely interested in reading Conrad—largely because of this excellent work.”—Elise F. Knapp, Western Connecticut State...
The Secret Agent: A Norton Critical Edition
Joseph Conrad, Richard Niland
First Edition, Paperback, 2016
“[A] masterly study of the inner workings of the disordered minds whose aim is destruction, violence, and the overturning of law and order by means of bombs.”—The Observer (1907)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad, Peter Kuper, Maya Jasanoff
Hardback, 2019
Acclaimed illustrator Peter Kuper delivers a shocking graphic interpretation of this controversial classic.
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad, Peter Kuper, Maya Jasanoff
Paperback, 2020
“[A] triumph of graphic art [and] a compelling work of literary interpretation.”—Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University, from the Foreword
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad, Peter Kuper, Maya Jasanoff
E Book, 2019
“[A] triumph of graphic art [and] a compelling work of literary interpretation.”—Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History, Harvard University, from the Foreword
Heart of Darkness: A Norton Critical Edition
Joseph Conrad, Paul B. Armstrong
Fifth Edition, E Book, 2021
“This is the best Norton Critical Edition yet! All my students are becoming intensely interested in reading Conrad—largely because of this excellent work.”—Elise F. Knapp, Western Connecticut State...
The Secret Agent: A Norton Critical Edition
Joseph Conrad, Richard Niland
First Edition, E Book, 2021
“[A] masterly study of the inner workings of the disordered minds whose aim is destruction, violence, and the overturning of law and order by means of bombs.”—The Observer (1907)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad, Pericles Lewis
First Edition, Paperback, 2023