Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer：and The Sescret Sharer

作者: Joseph Conrad （约瑟夫·康拉德）著

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 1982-05

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780553212143

定价: 21.10

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 208页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Bantam Classics

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>艺术

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Thestoryofthecivilized,enlightenedMr.Kurtzwhoembarksonaharrowing"nightjourney"intothesavageheartofAfrica,onlytofindhisdarkandevilsoul.TheSecretSharer.Thesagaofayoung,inexperiencedskipperforcedtodecidethefateofafugitivesailorwhokilledamaninself-defense.Ashefaceshisfirstmoraltesttheskipperdiscoversaterrifyingtruth--andcomesfacetofacewiththesecretitself.HeartOfDarknessandTheSecretSharerdrawonactualeventsandpeoplethatConradmetorheardaboutduringhismanyfar-flungtravels.Inportrayingmenwhoseincrediblejourneysonlandandatseaarealsosymbolicvoyagesintotheirownmysteriousdepths,thesetwomasterfulworksgivecredencetoConrad'sacclaimasamajorpsychologicalwriter. Conradwasbornon12/3/1857,inapartofRussiathathadoncebelongedtoPoland.Hisparentsweremembersofthelandedgentry,butasardentPolishpatriotstheysufferedconsiderablyfortheirpoliticalviews.Orphanedat11,ConradattendedschoolinCracowbutconcludedthattherewasnofutureforhiminoccupiedPoland,andat16heleftforever.TheseawasConrad'sloveandcareerforthenext20years;intheBritishmerchantnavy,herosefinallytocaptain,sailingtoAustraliaandBorneoandsurvivingatleastoneshipwreck.In1890hebecamecaptainofaCongoRiversteamer,butthisledonlytodisillusionmentandillhealthandthiswouldbecomethebasisforConrad'smasterpiece,HeartofDarkness.Reluctantlyleavingthemerchantservice,hesettledinEnglandandcompletedhisfirstnovel,Almayer'sFolly,alreadybegunatsea.Hissubsequentworks,manyofwhichdrewuponhisseaexperiences,includeTheNiggerofthe"Narcissus"(1897),LordJim(1900),Nostromo(1904),TheSecretAgent(1907),TheSecretSharer(1910),andChance(1913).Themanwhowas21beforehespokeawordofEnglishisnowregardedasoneofthesuperbEnglishstylistsofalltime.Conraddiedathisdeskin1924. INTRODUCTION by Franklin Walker

HEART OF DARKNESS

THE SECRET SHARER

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
内容简介:
Thestoryofthecivilized,enlightenedMr.Kurtzwhoembarksonaharrowing"nightjourney"intothesavageheartofAfrica,onlytofindhisdarkandevilsoul.TheSecretSharer.Thesagaofayoung,inexperiencedskipperforcedtodecidethefateofafugitivesailorwhokilledamaninself-defense.Ashefaceshisfirstmoraltesttheskipperdiscoversaterrifyingtruth--andcomesfacetofacewiththesecretitself.HeartOfDarknessandTheSecretSharerdrawonactualeventsandpeoplethatConradmetorheardaboutduringhismanyfar-flungtravels.Inportrayingmenwhoseincrediblejourneysonlandandatseaarealsosymbolicvoyagesintotheirownmysteriousdepths,thesetwomasterfulworksgivecredencetoConrad'sacclaimasamajorpsychologicalwriter.
作者简介:
Conradwasbornon12/3/1857,inapartofRussiathathadoncebelongedtoPoland.Hisparentsweremembersofthelandedgentry,butasardentPolishpatriotstheysufferedconsiderablyfortheirpoliticalviews.Orphanedat11,ConradattendedschoolinCracowbutconcludedthattherewasnofutureforhiminoccupiedPoland,andat16heleftforever.TheseawasConrad'sloveandcareerforthenext20years;intheBritishmerchantnavy,herosefinallytocaptain,sailingtoAustraliaandBorneoandsurvivingatleastoneshipwreck.In1890hebecamecaptainofaCongoRiversteamer,butthisledonlytodisillusionmentandillhealthandthiswouldbecomethebasisforConrad'smasterpiece,HeartofDarkness.Reluctantlyleavingthemerchantservice,hesettledinEnglandandcompletedhisfirstnovel,Almayer'sFolly,alreadybegunatsea.Hissubsequentworks,manyofwhichdrewuponhisseaexperiences,includeTheNiggerofthe"Narcissus"(1897),LordJim(1900),Nostromo(1904),TheSecretAgent(1907),TheSecretSharer(1910),andChance(1913).Themanwhowas21beforehespokeawordofEnglishisnowregardedasoneofthesuperbEnglishstylistsofalltime.Conraddiedathisdeskin1924.
目录:
INTRODUCTION by Franklin Walker

HEART OF DARKNESS

THE SECRET SHARER

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING

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