Set against a backdrop of adventure, intrigue, and political unrest, Romance: A Novel is a sweeping tale that combines historical drama with the excitement of a classic sea adventure. The story follows a young Englishman who becomes entangled in dangerous events far from home, where shifting loyalties, hidden motives, and unexpected passions shape his destiny. As revolution brews and uncertainty grows, he finds himself drawn into a world of daring escapes, secret alliances, and unforgettab...

The inheritors presents a striking blend of political satire, psychological intrigue, and speculative imagination, exploring a world where unseen forces manipulate human affairs from beyond ordinary perception. The narrative follows an aspiring writer drawn into the orbit of a mysterious figure who embodies a new, unsettling order- one defined by cold logic, ambition, and detachment from traditional moral values. As he becomes increasingly entangled in schemes of influence and power, the w...

This timely book gives a voice to those living with HIV who are too often ignored or misunderstood by the Church and other religious institutions – including those in positions of care who may have thought they were helping but have ended up doing more harm than good.The book exposes and challenges attitudes of institutional blindness and abuse and suggests some positive means of remedy, all of which have been formed and tested with the help of clients at the Londo...

This volume contains two great novels written together by two of the best writters of the 20th century: Ford Madox Fox and Joseph Conrad. The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel that looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World War, its themes of corruption and the effect of the 20th Century on British aristocracy. Romance, written in 1903, was the second of the colaborations, and one in ...

This is a story about the adventures of the youth of the regency from the lower reaches of the British nobility in the harsh and capricious world of the Caribbean Sea, complete with pirates, romance and daring Spanish girls, as well as a few last minute escapes – the clichés of romantic fantasies about adventures. There are several excerpts from Conrad’s beautiful memories. At that time, slavery was the basis of the Caribbean economy, and the hero for some time is the head of the slave-own...

This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Good Soldier • The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford • Romance by Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford • The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court • Privy Seal: His Last Venture • The Fifth Queen Crowned • The Young Lovell

The second volume of Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End series, this fully annotated edition follows Christopher Tietjens, an officer and gentlemen, from the secure, orderly world of Edwardian England into the chaotic madness of World War I. Recounting a complex sexual intrigue involving Tietjens and his faithless wife Sylvia, this account is not only a panorama of WWI, but an exploration of time, history, and sexuality. The text also provides key contexts—such as Ford's biography, the histori...

Lightspeed is an online science fiction and fantasy magazine. In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near-future, sociological soft SF, to far-future, star-spanning hard SF--and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword-and-sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science-fantasy, and folktales.In this month's issue, we have original fantasy by A.C. Wise ("With Tales in Their Teeth, From the Mountain They Came") and Kristine Kathryn Rusch ("Purity Test...

Writing the Black Decade: Conflict and Criticism in Francophone Algerian Literature examines how literature—and the way we read, classify, and critique literature—impacts our understanding of the world at a time of conflict. Using the bitterly-contested Algerian Civil War as a case study, Joseph Ford argues that, while literature is frequently understood as an illuminating and emancipatory tool, it can, in fact, restrain our understanding of the world during a time of crisis and further en...

Sorokin and Civilization is a festschrift to Pitirim Sorokin, one of the most famed figures of twentieth-century sociology and first president of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC). He was a giant of the twentieth-century stage in the larger world as well. He debated with Trotsky, exchanged ideas with Pavlov, and received a personal invitation to meet with President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia. His principled dissent from sociologic...

Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford's collaborative work "The Nature of a Crime" is a study of human psychology. Delving into the darkest recesses of human mind they present idiosyncratic characters fighting with their own overwhelming desires and intuitions. The deep love of the protagonist gives way to even more profound desperation. The feelings of the protagonist as life is crumbles around him are expressed profoundly by the two authors.

The novel tells the story of a young Englishman named John Kemp who travels to a fictional South American country called Costaguana. Kemp becomes involved in the political turmoil and revolution that besets the country. The narrative explores themes of imperialism, political upheaval, and personal integrity."Romance" is renowned for its complex narrative structure, which employs multiple perspectives and shifting timelines. It reflects the authors' shared interest in exploring the human co...