UNDER WESTERN EYES
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Under Western Eyes (1911) is a political thriller which takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. de P—, the brutal Minister of State, is assassinated by a team of two, but the bombs used claim the lives of his footman, the first assassin and a number of bystanders. When student Razumov enters his rooms, he finds Victor Haldin, a fellow student who informs him that he was the one who murdered Mr. de P—, but he and his accomplice did not make a proper escape plan. He requests Razumov's help…
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England. Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties. He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe. He was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English tragic sensibility into English literature.
Contents:
Under Western Eyes
Author's Notes on «Under Western Eyes»
Memoirs & Letters:
A Personal Record; or Some Reminiscences
The Mirror of the Sea
Notes on Life & Letters
Biography & Critical Essays:
Joseph Conrad (A Biography) by Hugh Walpole
Joseph Conrad by John Albert Macy
A Conrad Miscellany by John Albert Macy
Joseph Conrad by Virginia Woolf
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Джозеф Конрад. UNDER WESTERN EYES
UNDER WESTERN EYES
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Table of Contents
UNDER WESTERN EYES
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PART FOUR
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Notes on My Books – “Under Western Eyes”
MEMOIRS, NOTES & LETTERS
A PERSONAL RECORD; OR SOME REMINISCENCES
A FAMILIAR PREFACE
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THE MIRROR OF THE SEA. MEMORIES AND IMPRESSIONS
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NOTES ON LIFE & LETTERS
AUTHOR’S NOTE
PART I—LETTERS
BOOKS. 1905
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HENRY JAMES—AN APPRECIATION. 1905
ALPHONSE DAUDET. 1898
GUY DE MAUPASSANT. 1904 {1}
ANATOLE FRANCE. 1904
I.—“CRAINQUEBILLE”
II.—“L’ÎLE DES PINGOUINS”
TURGENEV {2} 1917
STEPHEN CRANE—A NOTE WITHOUT DATES. 1919
TALES OF THE SEA. 1898
AN OBSERVER IN MALAYA {3} 1898
A HAPPY WANDERER. 1910
THE LIFE BEYOND. 1910
THE ASCENDING EFFORT. 1910
THE CENSOR OF PLAYS—AN APPRECIATION. 1907
PART II—LIFE
AUTOCRACY AND WAR. 1905
THE CRIME OF PARTITION. 1919
A NOTE ON THE POLISH PROBLEM. 1916
POLAND REVISITED. 1915
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FIRST NEWS. 1918
WELL DONE. 1918
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TRADITION. 1918
CONFIDENCE. 1919
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FLIGHT. 1917
SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC. 1912
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE ADMIRABLE INQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC. 1912
PROTECTION OF OCEAN LINERS {8} 1914
A FRIENDLY PLACE
Footnotes
BIOGRAPHY & CRITICAL ESSAYS
JOSEPH CONRAD (A Biography) by Hugh Walpole
I. BIOGRAPHY
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II. THE NOVELIST
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III. THE POET
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IV. ROMANCE AND REALISM
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A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH CONRAD'S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS
AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
JOSEPH CONRAD. by John Albert Macy
A CONRAD MISCELLANY. by John Albert Macy
JOSEPH CONRAD. by Virginia Woolf1