Under Western Eyes (Unabridged Deluxe Edition) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Assassination, betrayal, and moral dilemmas from St. Petersburg to Geneva in a Russian political thrillerBy Joseph Conrad
Length36h 46m
About this audiobook
Under Western Eyes is Joseph Conrad's penetrating political novel of betrayal, conscience, and ideological disillusionment, set between autocratic St. Petersburg and émigré Geneva. Centered on the student Razumov, whose accidental entanglement with revolutionary violence destroys his moral certainty, the book combines psychological realism with Conrad's characteristic indirect narration and moral ambiguity. Written in dialogue with Russian fiction—especially Dostoevsky—yet skeptical of both tyranny and revolutionary absolutism, it stands as one of the great modern studies of political fear and spiritual isolation. Conrad, born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in partitioned Poland, brought to the novel a personal inheritance of exile, imperial oppression, and suspicion of grand political creeds. His family's suffering under Russian rule sharpened his understanding of despotism, while his later career as a mariner and English novelist gave him the outsider's linguistic precision and moral distance that distinguish his mature work. Under Western Eyes reflects these biographical tensions with unusual intensity. This unabridged deluxe edition is recommended for readers of modernist fiction, political literature, and philosophical novels of conscience. Demanding yet deeply rewarding, it offers a rigorous exploration of how private identity is broken by public history.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection.
- Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer.
- A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists.
- A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds.
- Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Mystery and Thriller
Length36 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 12, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5UNDER WESTERN EYES
Show all chaptersShow less
6PART FIRST (pt. 1)
7PART FIRST (pt. 2)
8PART SECOND (pt. 1)
9PART SECOND (pt. 2)
10PART THIRD (pt. 1)
11PART THIRD (pt. 2)
12PART FOUR (pt. 1)
13PART FOUR (pt. 2)
14Notes on My Books – “Under Western Eyes”
15MEMOIRS, NOTES & LETTERS
16A PERSONAL RECORD; OR SOME REMINISCENCES (pt. 1)
17A PERSONAL RECORD; OR SOME REMINISCENCES (pt. 2)
18THE MIRROR OF THE SEA (pt. 1)
19THE MIRROR OF THE SEA (pt. 2)
20THE MIRROR OF THE SEA (pt. 3)
21NOTES ON LIFE & LETTERS
22AUTHOR’S NOTE
23PART I—LETTERS
24PART II—LIFE (pt. 1)
25PART II—LIFE (pt. 2)
26PART II—LIFE (pt. 3)
27BIOGRAPHY & CRITICAL ESSAYS
28JOSEPH CONRAD (A Biography) by Hugh Walpole
29JOSEPH CONRAD by John Albert Macy
30A CONRAD MISCELLANY by John Albert Macy
31JOSEPH CONRAD by Virginia Woolf1
32Analysis
33Reflection
Der Geheimagent: Eine einfache Geschichte (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad13h 32m$1 · $0.00
The Secret Agent (Annotated)Joseph Conrad11h 49m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Marlow Narratives: Heart of Darkness + Lord Jim + Youth + Chance (Unabridged) (Annotated)Joseph Conrad35h 50m$2 · $0.00
Die Erzählungen zwischen Fiktion und Realität (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad13h 33m$1 · $0.00
Seelenreisen auf der See: Gesammelte Werke (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad43h 14m$1 · $0.00
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF JOSEPH CONRAD (Annotated)Joseph Conrad78h 51m$2 · $0.00
Der Geheimagent (Politkrimi) (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad13h 34m$1 · $0.00
Die 10 besten düsteren Thriller-Klassiker (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad, Heinrich Leopold Wagner, Ricarda Huch, Hugo Bettauer, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski70h 5m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Annotated)Joseph Conrad78h 45m$2 · $0.00
Meisterwerke des düsteren Thrillers (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad, Heinrich Leopold Wagner, Ricarda Huch, Hugo Bettauer, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski70h 3m$1 · $0.00
Conrads fesselnde politische Romane (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad47h 17m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Joseph Conrad - All 20 Works in One Premium Edition (Annotated)Joseph Conrad229h 19m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Sea Tales of Joseph Conrad (Annotated)Joseph Conrad74h 51m$2 · $0.00
Nostromo (Politischer Roman) (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad22h 45m$1 · $0.00
Der GeheimagentJoseph Conrad9h 28m$16 · $0.00
Die besten Kurzgeschichten aus England (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Washington Irving, Ambrose Bierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rudyard Kipling, G. K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle133h 20m$1.50 · $0.00
Complete Short Stories of Joseph Conrad (Including His Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays) (Annotated)Joseph Conrad78h 42m$2 · $0.00
JuventudJoseph Conrad3h 14m$9 · $0.00
JugendJoseph Conrad1h 27m$8 · $0.00
Lord Jim (Unabridged Deluxe Edition) (Annotated)Joseph Conrad38h 1m$2 · $0.00
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis38h 55m$30
The Jeeves and Wooster Stories: The Complete Collection (33 Books)P. G. Wodehouse21h 57m$15 · $0.00
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 3Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn21h 56m$46 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m$5 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky: Novels, Short Stories and Autobiographical WritingsFyodor Dostoyevsky270h 59m$2 · $0.00
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America (Annotated)Howard Irving Chapelle, Tappan Adney13h 10m$2 · $0.00
Charles Dickens: Complete Works (Annotated)Charles Dickens819h 4m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen & Brontë Sisters (Annotated)Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë203h 52m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works: Charlotte, Emily, Anne, Patrick & Branwell BrontëCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë138h 12m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Annotated)Oscar Wilde126h 19m$2 · $0.00
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 1m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of the Brontë Family Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë140h 13m$2 · $0.00
MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)Mark Twain415h 9m5.0 (2)$2 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
Ivanhoe (Annotated)Walter Scott22h 52m$2 · $0.00
All NovelsGeorge Orwell53h 48m$10 · $0.00
The Complete Works of TolstoyLeo Tolstoy412h 44m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Annotated)Louisa May Alcott226h 24m$2 · $0.00
Sherlock Holmes series - completeArthur Conan54h 8m$3.50 · $0.00
The New Human Revolution, vol. 1Daisaku Ikeda7h 46m$12 · $0.00
Meddlesome MoneyMildred Abbott8h 21m$20
Dark RisingJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 47m$27
Midnight ShadowsS.E. Smith5h 40m$17
CollateralBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson13h 8m$23
The Complete Sherlock Holmes Novels & Stories (4 Novels + 56 Short Stories) (Annotated)Arthur Conan Doyle73h 13m$2 · $0.00
The ReunionJana Deleon6h 31m$26 · $0.00
Animal 3K’wan6h 33m$20
To Hold and ProtectSandra Owens7h 59m$8 · $0.00
Extinction WarNicholas Sansbury Smith12h 1m$23
Savy WisdomPeggy McColl2h 53m$15
3 a.m. Premium: Books 1–5Nick Pirog15h 27m$25
Farewell My Lovely (Annotated)Raymond Chandler10h 37m$2 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m$53 · $0.00
Tracing Killer EvidenceJodie Bailey5h 46m$12 · $0.00
AGATHA CHRISTIE Premium CollectionAgatha Christie37h 15m$2 · $0.00
Sign of the MakerBrian Shea7h 13m$17
No Sin UnpunishedLynDee Walker7h 43m$17
The Cases of Lord Peter Wimsey - Complete Series (Annotated)Dorothy L. Sayers148h 10m$2 · $0.00
Sherlock HolmesMade for Success14h 22m$25
You may also like
Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 1Eric Bentley13h 17m$23
The DefectorRichard Kerbaj9h 50m$29 · $0.00
The Prague CemeteryUmberto Eco16h 3m$33 · $0.00
ParadimeAlan Glynn9h 3m$20 · $0.00
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad12h 34m$2.30 · $0.00
Under Western Eyes (Unabridged Deluxe Edition)Joseph Conrad35h 34m$2 · $0.00
Hammer to FallJohn Lawton11h 30m$20
Lucky BastardCharles McCarry14h 24m$28
The Project TrilogyNikki Owen30h 16m$30
Impostor SyndromeKathy Wang10h 35m$29 · $0.00
Red ListDavid Caute14h 30m$23
Burmese DaysGeorge Orwell10h 43m$1.20 · $0.00
The InterrogatorGlenn L. Carle10h 13m$20 · $0.00
UNDER WESTERN EYESJoseph Conrad36h 41m$1 · $0.00
100%: The Story of a PatriotUpton Sinclair11h 36m$1 · $0.00
The Game of Chess A Play in One ActKenneth Sawyer Goodman29m$2.30
Guess Who’s Coming to Kill YouEllery Queen6h$17
Betrayal in BerlinSteve Vogel17h 46m$40 · $0.00
Scorpion BetrayalAndrew Kaplan12h 14m$29 · $0.00
The Book of Laughter and ForgettingMilan Kundera8h 20m$26 · $0.00