The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story

The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story
Author: Andrew Maunder
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2007
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0816074968

A comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth. With approximately 450 entries, this A-to-Z guide explores the literary contributions of such writers as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D H Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Amis, and others.

The Secret Sharer

The Secret Sharer
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Modernista
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2024-07-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9181080913

»The Secret Sharer« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1910. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, and ended his career as a captain in the English merchant navy. His most famous work is the novella Heart of Darkness [1899], adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979 as Apocalypse Now.

Under Western Eyes

Under Western Eyes
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher:
Total Pages: 396
Release: 1911
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia, as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official. Asked to spy on the family of the assassin -- his close friend -- he must come to terms with timeless questions of accountability and human integrity.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1987-09-21
Genre:
ISBN:

New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.