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• This edition includes the following editor's introduction: "Under Western Eyes," an essential historical novel for understanding today
Originally published in 1911, “Under Western Eyes” is a novel by Joseph Conrad that is considered Conrad’s thematic response to Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” (1866). Critics consider the book one of Conrad’s finest pieces of literature and a companion to another one of his novels, “The Secret Agent.”
“Under Western Eyes” has also been interpreted as Conrad's response to his own early life; his father was a Polish independence activist and would-be revolutionary imprisoned by the Russians, but, instead of following in his father's footsteps, at the age of sixteen Conrad left his native land, only to return briefly decades later.
“Under Western Eyes” is one of the most political of all Conrad’s novels. It is simultaneously a critique of Russian absolutism and of its reactive counterpart, revolutionary terrorism.
“Under Western Eyes” tells the story of Kirylo Razumov, a Russian monarchist whose support for the Tsarist regime leads him to be recruited as a spy. When Razumov learns that an acquaintance, Victor Haldin, has assassinated a government official, he turns him in…
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GenreMystery and Thriller, Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Length12 hrs 36 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 23, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1"Under Western Eyes," an essential historical novel for understanding today
13PART THIRD
2PART FIRST
14One
3Preface
15Two
4One
16Three
5Two
17Four
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6Three
18PART FOURTH
7PART SECOND
19One
8One
20Two
9Two
21Three
10Three
22Four
11Four
23Five
12Five
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VictoriaJoseph Conrad13h 5m$18 · $0.00
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