Within the Tides - Couverture souple

Conrad, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140043551 ISBN 13 : 9780140043556

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1978

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking. They were both young. The stouter of the two, fair, and with more of an urban look about him, was the editor and part-owner of the important newspaper. The other’s name was Renouard. That he was exercised in his mind about something was evident on his fine bronzed face. He was a lean, lounging, active man. The journalist continued the conversation. “And so you were dining yesterday at old Dunster’s.” He used the word old not in the endearing sense in which it is sometimes applied to intimates, but as a matter of sober fact. The Dunster in question was old. He had been an eminent colonial statesman, but had now retired from active politics after a tour in Europe and a lengthy stay in England, during which he had had a very good press indeed. The colony was proud of him.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England. He was granted British nationality in 1886, but always considered himself a Pole. 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 (and always with a marked accent). 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0140043551
• ISBN 13: 9780140043556
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 192