Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15 urn:isbn:0486264645 en 1902 Novels Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary. The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain, employed by a Belgian trading company. Although the river is never specifically named, readers may assume it is the Congo River, in the Congo Free State, a private colony of King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver; however, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization in a cover up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.mobi Lord Jim Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/719 urn:isbn:0140180923 en 1900 Novels Lord Jim tells the story of a young, idealistic Englishman--"as unflinching as a hero in a book"--who is disgraced by a single act of cowardice while serving as an officer on the Patna, a merchant-ship sailing from an eastern port. His life is ruined: an isolated scandal has assumed horrifying proportions. But, then he is befriended by an older man named Marlow who helps to establish him in exotic Patusan, a remote Malay settlement where his courage is put to the test once more. Lord Jim is a book about courage and cowardice, self-knowledge and personal growth. It is one of the most profound and rewarding psychological novels in English. Set in the context of social change and colonial expansion in late Victorian England, it embodies in Jim the values and turmoil of a fading empire. This new edition uses the first English edition text and includes a new introduction and notes by leading Conrad scholar Jacques Berthoud, glossaries, and an appendix on Conrad's sources and reading. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/719.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/719.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/719.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/719.mobi Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31 urn:isbn:014018371X en 1904 Novels Set in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, this work is an illustration of the impact of foreign exploitation on a developing nation. As Sulaco, site of an English/American controlled silver mine establishes its independence, its ideals are inevitably compromised. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/31.mobi The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718 urn:isbn:1406921297 en 1897 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.mobi Typhoon Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720 urn:isbn:0192801732 en 1902 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.mobi The Duel Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/750 en 1908 Short Fiction War This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/750.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/750.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/750.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/750.mobi The Lagoon Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/13 urn:isbn:0192832220 en 1897 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/13.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/13.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/13.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/13.mobi A Personal Record Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/731 urn:isbn:0140189661 en 1912 Non-Fiction Biography This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/731.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/731.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/731.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/731.mobi The Secret Sharer Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741 urn:isbn:1599869004 en 1909 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.mobi The Informer Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/747 urn:isbn:1419167278 en 1906 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/747.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/747.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/747.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/747.mobi An Anarchist Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/749 en 1905 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/749.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/749.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/749.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/749.mobi Under Western Eyes Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/722 urn:isbn:0140188495 en 1911 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/722.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/722.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/722.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/722.mobi The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206 urn:isbn:0451208633 en 1306 Poetry Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise-the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/206.mobi An Outcast of the Islands Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/717 urn:isbn:0192838407 en 1896 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/717.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/717.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/717.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/717.mobi Moby-Dick Herman Melville http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54 urn:isbn:0553213113 en 1851 Novels Adventure Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby-Dick, a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity. Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby-Dick, and fewer yet have encountered him. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to exact revenge. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.mobi Victory Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/725 urn:isbn:0375400478 en 1915 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/725.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/725.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/725.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/725.mobi Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2052 urn:isbn:0451530179 en 1915 Novels From an orphan with a clubfoot, Philip Carey grows into an impressionable young man with a voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge. Then he falls obsessively in love, embarking on a disastrous relationship that will change his life forever. This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2052.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2052.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2052.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2052.mobi Almayer's Folly Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/716 urn:isbn:0375760148 en 1895 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/716.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/716.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/716.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/716.mobi The Antichrist Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche http://www.feedbooks.com/book/711 urn:isbn:1420925091 en 1888 Non-Fiction Philosophy Friedrich Nietzsche's "The Antichrist" might be more aptly named "The Antichristian," for it is an unmitigated attack on Christianity that Nietzsche makes within the text instead of an exposition on evil or Satan as the title might suggest. In "The Antichrist," Nietzsche presents a highly controversial view of Christianity as a damaging influence upon western civilization that must come to an end. Regardless of ones religious or philosophical point of view, "The Antichrist" makes for an engaging philosophical discourse. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/711.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/711.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/711.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/711.mobi Ulysses James Joyce http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1232 urn:isbn:0141182806 en 1922 Novels Sexuality Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach on February 2, 1922, in Paris. It is considered one of the most important works of Modernist literature. Ulysses chronicles the passage through Dublin by its main character, Leopold Bloom, during an ordinary day, June 16, 1904. The title alludes to the hero of Homer's Odyssey (Latinised into Ulysses), and there are many parallels, both implicit and explicit, between the two works (e.g., the correspondences between Leopold Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus). This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1232.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1232.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1232.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1232.mobi