Freya of the Seven Isles

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作者: (约瑟夫·康拉德)
出版社: Random House
2008-01
ISBN: 9781933633138
定价: 67.20
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 136页
正文语种: 英语
  • Tooshorttobeanovel,toolongtobeashortstory,thenovellaisgenerallyunrecognizedbyacademicsandpublishers.Nonetheless,itisaformbelovedandpracticedbyliterature'sgreatestwriters.

    InTheARTOFTHENOVELLAseries,MelvilleHousecelebratesthisrenegadeartformanditspractitionerswithtitlesthatare,inmanyinstances,presentedinbookformforthefirsttime.Thislittle-knownnovellafromoneofthemastersoftheformissounusualforJosephConrad'sworkinseveralrespects,althoughnotinitsexoticmaritimesettingoritsevenmoreexoticprose--itisunusualinthatitisoneofhisveryfewworkstofeatureawomanasaleadingcharacter,andtotaketheformofaromance.Still,it'saConradianromance:asweepingsagasetintheIndianOceanbasin,againstaturbulentbackgroundofbarelysuppressedhostilitiesbetweenDutchandBritishmerchantnavies,toldbyoneofConrad'sclassicdetachednarrators.Intheend,theuniqueperspectiveofthesharplyetchedcharacterofFreyaisoneofConrad'smostpiercingstudiesofhowthelustforpowercandrivementogreatness--oritsopposite. Jósef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born in Russian-controlled Ukraine to landless  aristocratic Polish parents in 1857. His father, a translator of French literature,  was convicted of revolutionary activities for Polish independence in 1861 and the  family was exiled to Russia, where both parents soon contracted Tuberculosis and  died. Raised by relatives, Jósef joined the French Merchant Marines at age 16, and  spent the next two decades sailing the world, including stints with the British Merchant  marines and as a gun-runner for Carlist revolutionaries in Spain. He didn't learn  English until in his twenties, but at 36 he settled in London, married, and, changing  his name to Joseph Conrad, commenced writing tales based on his life at sea, becoming  famous for novels such as Lord Jim and Nostromo, and novellas such as Heart of Darkness and Victory. He died of a heart attack in England in 1924.,,
  • 内容简介:
    Tooshorttobeanovel,toolongtobeashortstory,thenovellaisgenerallyunrecognizedbyacademicsandpublishers.Nonetheless,itisaformbelovedandpracticedbyliterature'sgreatestwriters.

    InTheARTOFTHENOVELLAseries,MelvilleHousecelebratesthisrenegadeartformanditspractitionerswithtitlesthatare,inmanyinstances,presentedinbookformforthefirsttime.Thislittle-knownnovellafromoneofthemastersoftheformissounusualforJosephConrad'sworkinseveralrespects,althoughnotinitsexoticmaritimesettingoritsevenmoreexoticprose--itisunusualinthatitisoneofhisveryfewworkstofeatureawomanasaleadingcharacter,andtotaketheformofaromance.Still,it'saConradianromance:asweepingsagasetintheIndianOceanbasin,againstaturbulentbackgroundofbarelysuppressedhostilitiesbetweenDutchandBritishmerchantnavies,toldbyoneofConrad'sclassicdetachednarrators.Intheend,theuniqueperspectiveofthesharplyetchedcharacterofFreyaisoneofConrad'smostpiercingstudiesofhowthelustforpowercandrivementogreatness--oritsopposite.
  • 作者简介:
    Jósef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born in Russian-controlled Ukraine to landless  aristocratic Polish parents in 1857. His father, a translator of French literature,  was convicted of revolutionary activities for Polish independence in 1861 and the  family was exiled to Russia, where both parents soon contracted Tuberculosis and  died. Raised by relatives, Jósef joined the French Merchant Marines at age 16, and  spent the next two decades sailing the world, including stints with the British Merchant  marines and as a gun-runner for Carlist revolutionaries in Spain. He didn't learn  English until in his twenties, but at 36 he settled in London, married, and, changing  his name to Joseph Conrad, commenced writing tales based on his life at sea, becoming  famous for novels such as Lord Jim and Nostromo, and novellas such as Heart of Darkness and Victory. He died of a heart attack in England in 1924.,,
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