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World Classics eBook Series

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  • Amy Foster

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Series series World Classics
    In this 1901 short story inspired by Ford Maddox Ford's "The Cinque Ports", Conrad works on the theme of alienation. It centers on a young man, Yanko, the sole survivor of a shipwreck off the coast of Kent. The locals, not knowing that a boat has sunk, shun him as he washes up on their shores. But he is taken in by an eccentric local, and little by little, Yanko learns some English and falls in ... Read more

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  • The Nature of a Crime

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Series series World Classics
    'The Nature of a Crime' is the last collaborative work by Conrad and Ford, but most certainly not the least acclaimed. An insightful examination of human psychology that shines a glaring light on the murkiest depths of the psyche. The novel introduces a serene cast of characters that in reality suffer agonizing turmoil just beneath the surface, inundated by insatiable desires. With death and ... Read more

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  • The Secret Agent

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Series series World Classics
    Adolf Verlof runs a sex shop in 1880's London, but his real profession is even shadier. He's a so-called "agent provocateur" for the Embassy, whose mission it is to infiltrate and spy on a relatively harmless group of anarchists. His employers are impatiently waiting for the group to do something radical enough that they can use it as an excuse to harden their actions against the many socialist ... Read more

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  • Within the Tides

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Series series World Classics
    'Within the Tides' is a collection of four short stories devoted to a motley crew of sailors scattered across all corners of the globe exchanging tales sharply punctuated by leitmotifs of loyalty and betrayal, staples of Conrad's.Ranging from a sociopath loner who is tempted to join the ranks of the very same society he so ardently shuns, to stories of hypocrisy, disloyalty, unearthed treasure and ... Read more

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  • To-morrow

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Series series World Classics
    The haunting story of an old captain awaiting the return of his only son, 'To-morrow' is a melancholic tale of human psychology, blind hope, and doomed longing. Conrad's delusional portrayal of Captain Hagbeard, the omnipresence of the sea, and his nod to absurdism render this short story an immensely entertaining read. ... Read more

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  • Twixt Land and Sea

    by Joseph Conrad ...
    Series series World Classics
    A collection of three long stories, 'Twixt Land and Sea' explores the troubled life of young captains at sea. Mired by dire circumstances and moral dilemmas, Conrad's characters are no longer consoled by the sea, and their psychological suffering is rendered in a memorable way. The most anthologized story in this collection, 'The Secret Sharer', is a perfect example of a Freudian narrative that ... Read more

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