Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1529432499
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other Stories The stories in this selection show the intense influence of Conrad's many voyages and his varied reading. He was able to dramatize his personal international experiences as he journeyed from Europe to Africa and the East, while absorbing the influence of Stevenson's adventure romances, and the realism of Flaubert and Maupassant. 'An Outpost of Progress' is a response to what Conrad witnessed in the Congo; 'Youth' turns to his early days at sea; 'Amy Foster' explores the strangeness and hostility of England to foreigners; 'The Secret Sharer' charts his time as a ship's captain; 'A Smile of Fortune' returns to the island of Mauritius; and 'The Planter of Malata' opens in a great colonial city in Australia. Neil Rennie's preface examines the interweaving of Conrad's life and work, and the development of his art.
The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (riverrun editions)
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1529432499
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other Stories The stories in this selection show the intense influence of Conrad's many voyages and his varied reading. He was able to dramatize his personal international experiences as he journeyed from Europe to Africa and the East, while absorbing the influence of Stevenson's adventure romances, and the realism of Flaubert and Maupassant. 'An Outpost of Progress' is a response to what Conrad witnessed in the Congo; 'Youth' turns to his early days at sea; 'Amy Foster' explores the strangeness and hostility of England to foreigners; 'The Secret Sharer' charts his time as a ship's captain; 'A Smile of Fortune' returns to the island of Mauritius; and 'The Planter of Malata' opens in a great colonial city in Australia. Neil Rennie's preface examines the interweaving of Conrad's life and work, and the development of his art.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1529432499
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other Stories The stories in this selection show the intense influence of Conrad's many voyages and his varied reading. He was able to dramatize his personal international experiences as he journeyed from Europe to Africa and the East, while absorbing the influence of Stevenson's adventure romances, and the realism of Flaubert and Maupassant. 'An Outpost of Progress' is a response to what Conrad witnessed in the Congo; 'Youth' turns to his early days at sea; 'Amy Foster' explores the strangeness and hostility of England to foreigners; 'The Secret Sharer' charts his time as a ship's captain; 'A Smile of Fortune' returns to the island of Mauritius; and 'The Planter of Malata' opens in a great colonial city in Australia. Neil Rennie's preface examines the interweaving of Conrad's life and work, and the development of his art.
SECRET SHARER AND OTHER STORIES (RIVERRUN EDITIONS)
Author: JOSEPH. CONRAD
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781529432480
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781529432480
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Brothers, We are Not Professionals
Author: John Piper
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433678829
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
John Piper pleads with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1433678829
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
John Piper pleads with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry.
The Spy Novels of John Le Carre
Author: M. Aronoff
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0312299451
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Using espionage as a metaphor for politics, John le Carré explores the dilemmas that confront individuals and governments as they act during and in the aftermath of the Cold War. His unforgettable characters struggle to maintain personal and professional integrity while facing conflicting personal, institutional, and ideological loyalties. In The Spy Novels of John le Carré , author Myron Aronoff interprets the ambiguous ethical and political implications of the work of John le Carré, revealing him to be one of the most important political writers of our time. Aronoff shows how through his writing, le Carré poses the difficult question of to what extent are western governments justified in pursuing raison d'état without undermining the very democratic freedoms that they claim to defend. He also draws parallels between the self-parody of le Carré and that of the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Jan Steen, and explains how it expresses a unique form of ambiguous moralism. In this volume Aronoff relates le Carré's fictional world to the real world of espionage, and demonstrates the need to balance the imperatives of ethics and politics in regard to some of the most pressing issues facing the world today.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0312299451
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Using espionage as a metaphor for politics, John le Carré explores the dilemmas that confront individuals and governments as they act during and in the aftermath of the Cold War. His unforgettable characters struggle to maintain personal and professional integrity while facing conflicting personal, institutional, and ideological loyalties. In The Spy Novels of John le Carré , author Myron Aronoff interprets the ambiguous ethical and political implications of the work of John le Carré, revealing him to be one of the most important political writers of our time. Aronoff shows how through his writing, le Carré poses the difficult question of to what extent are western governments justified in pursuing raison d'état without undermining the very democratic freedoms that they claim to defend. He also draws parallels between the self-parody of le Carré and that of the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Jan Steen, and explains how it expresses a unique form of ambiguous moralism. In this volume Aronoff relates le Carré's fictional world to the real world of espionage, and demonstrates the need to balance the imperatives of ethics and politics in regard to some of the most pressing issues facing the world today.
Lancashire Folk-Lore
Author: John Wilkinson, T.T. Harland
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732659143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Lancashire Folk-Lore by John Harland, T.T. Wilkinson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732659143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Lancashire Folk-Lore by John Harland, T.T. Wilkinson
Freedom to Fly
Author: Chris Brewer
Publisher: Zephyr Press (AZ)
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Grade level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, e, i, s, t.
Publisher: Zephyr Press (AZ)
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Grade level: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, e, i, s, t.
The Friday Book
Author: John Barth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"...The Friday Book was the first work of nonfiction by novelist John Barth, author of The Sot-Weed Factor, Giles Goat-Boy, and Chimera. Taking its title from the day of the week Barth would devote to nonfiction, the three dozen essays discuss a wide range of topics from the blue crabs of Barth's beloved Chesapeake Bay to weighty literary subjects such as Borges, Homer, and semiotics..."--www.amazon.com.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"...The Friday Book was the first work of nonfiction by novelist John Barth, author of The Sot-Weed Factor, Giles Goat-Boy, and Chimera. Taking its title from the day of the week Barth would devote to nonfiction, the three dozen essays discuss a wide range of topics from the blue crabs of Barth's beloved Chesapeake Bay to weighty literary subjects such as Borges, Homer, and semiotics..."--www.amazon.com.
The Poltergeist Prince of London
Author: James Clark
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075249807X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings' bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying, incredible and mysterious hauntings in British history. The spirit, who quickly became known as 'Donald', began to communicate, initially via tapping sounds, but over time - and with the encouragement of psychical researcher Harold Chibbett, whose case-files appear here – by learning to write. Soon, the spirit had begun to make simply incredible claims about his identity, insisting that he was one of the most famous figures in world history – but what was the truth? Here, for the first time, is the full story, told by the woman right at the heart of it all – Shirley herself.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 075249807X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings' bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying, incredible and mysterious hauntings in British history. The spirit, who quickly became known as 'Donald', began to communicate, initially via tapping sounds, but over time - and with the encouragement of psychical researcher Harold Chibbett, whose case-files appear here – by learning to write. Soon, the spirit had begun to make simply incredible claims about his identity, insisting that he was one of the most famous figures in world history – but what was the truth? Here, for the first time, is the full story, told by the woman right at the heart of it all – Shirley herself.
小说文体论
Author: Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher:
ISBN: 9787560023823
Category : American fiction
Languages : zh-CN
Pages : 450
Book Description
责任者译名:利奇。
Publisher:
ISBN: 9787560023823
Category : American fiction
Languages : zh-CN
Pages : 450
Book Description
责任者译名:利奇。
The Secret Sharer and Other Stories
Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618959270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"The Secret Sharer" is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad. The story was adapted for a segment of the 1952 film Face to Face, and also for a one-act play in 1969 by C. R. (Chuck) Wobbe. A new film, Secret Sharer, inspired by the story and directed by Peter Fudakowski, was released in the United Kingdom in June 2014.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781618959270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"The Secret Sharer" is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad. The story was adapted for a segment of the 1952 film Face to Face, and also for a one-act play in 1969 by C. R. (Chuck) Wobbe. A new film, Secret Sharer, inspired by the story and directed by Peter Fudakowski, was released in the United Kingdom in June 2014.