Ver a tamaño completo.
The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Dover Thrift Editions)
de CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0486408809
- ISBN 13
- 9780486408804
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
U.S.A: Dover Publications, 1999. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Unabridged. Cover is clean and bright with a faint wear to corners. Tight and square binding. Pages tones, clean, with no markings, no creases. In this 1987 novel, a compelling examination of human character under conditions of extreme danger and stress, Joseph Conrad addresses his customary preoccupation with moral dilemmas. isolation, and the psychology of inner compulsions. And a whopping good sea story. 103 pages. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. 1999, Dover Publications, USA
Sinopsis
Joseph Conrad (originally Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. His parents, ardent Polish patriots, died when he was a child, following their exile for anti-Russian activities, and he came under the protection of his tradition-conscious uncle, Thaddeus Bobrowski, who watched over him for the next twenty-five years. In 1874 Bobrowski conceded to his nephew's passionate desire to go to sea, and Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality and his Master's certificate in the British Merchant Service. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly , in 1895. The following year he married Jessie George and eventually settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth , Heart of Darkness , Lord Jim , Typhoon , Nostromo , The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes . He continued to write until his death in 1924. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in English—his third language. He once described himself as being concerned 'with the ideal value of things, events and people'; in the Preface to The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' he defined his task as 'by the power of the written word ... before all, to make you see'.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 022606
- Título
- The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Dover Thrift Editions)
- Autor
- CONRAD, JOSEPH
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0486408809
- ISBN 13
- 9780486408804
- Editorial
- Dover Publications
- Lugar de publicación
- U.S.A
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Palabras clave
- CLASSICS SEA STORIES MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Fiction. Classics;
- X weight
- 0 oz
Términos de venta
The Parnassus BookShop
Shipment 5 days a week upon receipt of payment. If buyer wishes to return a book, buyer must notify us within 5 days of receipt of the item and return the item within 14 days of the date they notify us of the return. Refund will be made within 3 days of the receipt of the returned item.
Sobre el vendedor
The Parnassus BookShop
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
Newport, Washington
Sobre The Parnassus BookShop
About The Parnassus BookShop: We love and cherish books, inside and out! The Parnassus BookShop is the online bookshop with the goal of providing you with just the book you want, in the best possible condition, with friendly, helpful service and professional, efficient handling of your book purchases. We specialize in history, literature, classics and modern classic fiction and non-fiction; mystery/British mystery; with a wide variety of general fiction, politics and government, nature/natural history, science, psychology, social sciences, the arts, music, children's books, etc. Please see our catalogs.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
