Romance - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph; Hueffer, F. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603123822 ISBN 13: 9781603123822

Publisher: Aegypan, 2007

Synopsis

Having never set foot beyond the edges of the old family farm near London, alongside the Roman road to Canterbury, John Kemp dreams of romance. Two Spanish kinsmen visit a neighbor, fanning those dreams . . . but then depart for Liverpool. Fate throws the Spaniards into the company of thieves and fighters, however -- and their desperate flight takes them back to London, seeking aid -- and dragging John into more adventure than he bargained for!

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About the Author

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British citizenship in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe. Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works still contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced numerous authors and many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, his works. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew on his native Poland's national experiences and his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world-including imperialism and colonialism-and that profoundly explore the human psyche.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1603123822
• ISBN 13: 9781603123822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360