Greatest Works of Joseph Conrad (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Maritime adventures and imperial reckonings: Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Lord Jim, and more, with memoirs and essaysBy Joseph Conrad
Length122h 3m
About this audiobook
Greatest Works of Joseph Conrad gathers the major achievements of a writer who transformed maritime adventure, imperial romance, and psychological fiction into instruments of modernist inquiry. Encompassing such works as Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, and selected tales, the collection reveals Conrad's dense, allusive prose, fractured narration, and obsessive concern with moral ambiguity. Set against the late Victorian and Edwardian worlds of empire, commerce, and revolution, these narratives expose the unstable borders between civilization and violence, duty and self-deception. Born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in partitioned Poland in 1857, Conrad came to English literature after years at sea and after acquiring English as a third language. His experiences in the merchant marine, especially in Southeast Asia and the Congo, furnished not mere scenery but an ethical vocabulary through which he examined colonial exploitation, isolation, command, and guilt. His outsider's relation to Britain sharpened his scrutiny of its imperial myths. This volume is ideal for readers seeking both compelling stories and profound moral complexity. It offers an essential entrance into Conrad's world: austere, haunting, politically alert, and artistically indispensable.
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
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (29)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon
GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length122 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 12, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Greatest Works of Joseph Conrad (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5NOVELS AND NOVELLAS
Mostrar todos os capítulosVer menos
6HEART OF DARKNESS (pt. 1)
7HEART OF DARKNESS (pt. 2)
8LORD JIM (pt. 1)
9LORD JIM (pt. 2)
10LORD JIM (pt. 3)
11LORD JIM (pt. 4)
12LORD JIM (pt. 5)
13LORD JIM (pt. 6)
14VICTORY: AN ISLAND TALE
15PART ONE
16PART TWO (pt. 1)
17PART TWO (pt. 2)
18PART THREE (pt. 1)
19PART THREE (pt. 2)
20PART FOUR (pt. 1)
21PART FOUR (pt. 2)
22NOSTROMO: A TALE OF THE SEABOARD
23PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE (pt. 1)
24PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE (pt. 2)
25PART SECOND THE ISABELS (pt. 1)
26PART SECOND THE ISABELS (pt. 2)
27PART SECOND THE ISABELS (pt. 3)
28PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE (pt. 1)
29PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE (pt. 2)
30PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE (pt. 3)
31PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE (pt. 4)
32THE SHADOW LINE: A CONFESSION
33PART ONE
34PART TWO
35THE ARROW OF GOLD: A STORY BETWEEN TWO NOTES
36FIRST NOTE
37PART ONE
38PART TWO
39PART THREE
40PART FOUR
41PART FIVE (pt. 1)
42PART FIVE (pt. 2)
43SECOND NOTE
44THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE (pt. 1)
45THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE (pt. 2)
46THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE (pt. 3)
47THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE (pt. 4)
48THE SECRET AGENT: A SIMPLE TALE (pt. 5)
49THE NIGGER OF THE ‘NARCISSUS’: A TALE OF THE FORECASTLE (pt. 1)
50THE NIGGER OF THE ‘NARCISSUS’: A TALE OF THE FORECASTLE (pt. 2)
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad4h 8m3.6 (634.5K)$6 · $0.00
Joseph Conrad: 9 Quintessential Books in One CollectionJoseph Conrad121h 25m4.4 (11)$1.99 · $0.00
The Collected Works of Joseph Conrad: Novels, Short Stories, Letters & MemoirsJoseph Conrad259h 51m4.6 (115)$1.99 · $0.00
Youth: A Narrative (Includes Heart of Darkness)Joseph Conrad11h 8m4.0 (14.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
LORD JIMJoseph Conrad37h 28m3.7 (120.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
HEART OF DARKNESSJoseph Conrad12h 16m3.6 (654.9K)$1.99 · $0.00
THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES OF JOSEPH CONRADJoseph Conrad78h 49m4.4 (168)$1.99 · $0.00
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad4h 37m3.6 (631K)$16 · $0.00
The Arrow of GoldJoseph Conrad11h 11m3.4 (375)$12 · $0.00
The Mirror of the SeaJoseph Conrad6h 4m4.0 (3.5K)$12 · $0.00
Almayer's FollyJoseph Conrad6h 15m3.6 (3.8K)$12 · $0.00
Typhoon and Other StoriesJoseph Conrad8h 9m4.0 (1.4K)$12 · $0.00
Die besten PolitthrillerJoseph Conrad, Ödön von Horváth, Philipp Galen, Otto Goldmann, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Roth, John Henry Mackay, G. K. Chesterton, Hugo Bettauer83h 58m$2 · $0.00
El corazón de las tinieblasJoseph Conrad4h 36m3.7 (644.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
From Page to Screen: The Best Film Interpretations of Literary ClassicsJoseph Conrad, T. E. Lawrence, William Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frederick Marryat, R. L. Stevenson, Jane Austen, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Homer318h 15m$1.99
Das Herz der FinsternisJoseph Conrad4h 48m3.6 (638.3K)$1 · $0.00
Dark Mysteries of the Past: The Ultimate Historical Thriller AnthologyJoseph Conrad, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Meadows Taylor, Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer, Bernard Edward Joseph Capes, William Harrison Ainsworth, Gaston Leroux, Arthur W. Marchmont, Fergus Hume, G. K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Thomas De Quincey, Richard Marsh, Thomas Bailey Aldrich281h 30m$1.99
Der Geheimagent: Eine einfache Geschichte (Kommentiert)Joseph Conrad13h 32m4.4 (105)$1 · $0.00
The Secret Agent (Annotated)Joseph Conrad11h 49m4.0 (1.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Complete Marlow Narratives: Heart of Darkness + Lord Jim + Youth + Chance (Unabridged) (Annotated)Joseph Conrad35h 50m$2 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
These Precious DaysAnn Patchett11h 14m4.5 (45.2K)$29 · $0.00
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 50m4.6 (1.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
H. P. LOVECRAFT Ultimate Collection: Novellas, Short Stories, Poetry & Essays (Annotated)H. P. Lovecraft12h 28m4.6 (2.3K)$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust16h 8m4.5 (10.6K)$1.99 · $0.00
Lessons in TruthH. Emilie3h 50m4.6 (1.4K)$4.70 · $0.00
TORAH - Bilingual Edition: English/Hebrew (Annotated)Max Margolis, JPS28h 26m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m4.5 (6.5K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Tales of Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter3h 36m4.5 (75K)$3 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery11h 1m4.5 (1.2M)$2.30 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$1.99 · $0.00
The North American IndianEdward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h4.5 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Uncensored 13 Chapter Version + The Revised 20 Chapter Version (Annotated)Oscar Wilde16h 12m4.5 (2.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
Grimoire Of The Everyday WitchIsadora Lys / Virginia Santos5h 35m4.5 (3.9K)$9 · $0.00
Winnie-the-PoohAlan Alexander Milne2h 52m4.5 (401.1K)$3 · $0.00
Sitting PrettyRebekah Taussig7h 33m4.5 (18.9K)$26 · $0.00
The Poetic Edda & The Prose EddaSnorri Sturluson, Saemund Sigfusson9h 34m4.5 (4K)$1 · $0.00
The Complete Satires & Essays of Mark Twain (Annotated)Mark Twain23h 21m4.5 (1.1K)$2 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesLucy Maud Montgomery11h 10m4.4 (1.3M)$8 · $0.00
The Posthumous Memoirs Of Brás CubasMachado De Assis7h 39m4.4 (120.4K)$5 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett11h 23m4.5 (189.9K)$29 · $0.00
Glen AffricKarine Giebel22h 51m4.5 (3.2K)$46 · $0.00
The Book Of NegroesLawrence Hill15h 45m4.5 (107.3K)$33 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery11h 1m4.5 (1.2M)$2.30 · $0.00
Lieutenant Hornblower (Annotated)C. S. Forester11h 41m4.5 (2.9K)$2 · $0.00
You may also like
A passage to IndiaE. M. Forster11h 23m4.0 (211.1K)$2.30 · $0.00
A Passage to IndiaE. M. Forster11h 2m4.0 (208.8K)$20
The Best American Short StoriesErnest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Jack London, O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Herman Melville, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, Bret Harte, Sarah Orne Jewett, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, William Dean Howells, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Louisa May Alcott, Charles W. Chesnutt, William Faulkner, Theodore Dreiser61h 3m4.2 (6.3K)$1.99 · $0.00
Heretics (Annotated)G. K. Chesterton6h 50m4.3 (8.8K)$1.20 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)Arthur Conan Doyle197h 53m4.6 (3.1K)$2 · $0.00
A Passage to IndiaE. M. Forster11h 21m3.8 (217.4K)$2.30
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical ForestW. H. Hudson8h 58m3.8 (5.8K)Free
Death and the MaidenFrank Tallis11h 29m4.2 (1.1K)$30
The First SignsGenevieve von Petzinger9h 16m4.1 (1.7K)$20 · $0.00
The Complete 13 Novels & longer fiction: Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, The Master of Ballantrae, The Wrong Box and more...Robert Louis Stevenson106h 29m4.5 (1.4K)$1 · $0.00
State of WonderAnn Patchett12h 21m4.0 (258.3K)$29 · $0.00
Catilina’s RiddleSteven Saylor18h 46m4.2 (6.1K)$28
The Complete Richard Hannay Series - 7 Adventures BooksJohn Buchan83h 26m4.5 (476)$1 · $0.00
The Club of Queer TradesG. K. Chesterton4h 58m3.9 (3.9K)$2.30 · $0.00
The Complete Works (Annotated)Virginia Woolf311h 51m4.6 (2.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Wood Beyond the WorldWilliam Morris5h 1m3.7 (3.3K)$1.80 · $0.00
Plain Tales From The Hills (40+ Short Stories in One Edition)Rudyard Kipling10h 40m3.9 (14.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Man Who Would Be King and Other StoriesRudyard Kipling11h 38m3.8 (3K)$23
Between Earth and SkyAmanda Skenandore11h 35m4.3 (11.3K)$23
Edgar Allan Poe - Ultimate CollectionEdgar Allan Poe108h 44m4.5 (5.9K)$2 · $0.00