The Shadow Line (Classic Joseph Conrad) (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad)
by Joseph Conrad
The Shadow-Line, the story of the trials of a young Captain on a shop, is the masterpiece of Conrad's final creative period.
The literature of the Turks is among the oldest of living literatures. In nearly twelve centuries, it has been alive in many continents and regions, expressing itself in a diversity of languages and scripts and remaining receptive to external influences as it maintains its intrinsic impetus for renewal. From Central Asia to Anatolia and beyond, it has served as a faithful mirror of Turkish societies and cultures, often functioning as a vehicle for pioneering ideas and ideals. As such, Turkish li...
Great Serbian Short Stories
by Stjepan Mitrov Ljubisa and Milovan Glisic
Pan Tadeusz, or Sir Thaddeus, by Polish writer and philosopher, Adam Mickiewicz, is recognized as the national epic of Poland and it is considered by many to be last great epic poem in European literature. Told during the tumultuous time of Napeolon Bonaparte when Poland-Lithuania was all but dissolved, Pan Tadeusz recounts the story of two young lovers from warring noble families. In this 1917 translation by George Noyes Rapall, the poem is carefully retold in a narrative form along with a t...
Марья Лусьева за границей (Mary Luseva abroad)
by and Alexander Amfiteatrov
Arakyale; Noyi Agrave /; (Armenian Edition)
by Muratsan (Grigor Ter Hovanissyan)
Notes on Life and Letters (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad)
by Joseph Conrad
The twenty-six essays collected in Notes on Life and Letters (first published 1921) offer a kaleidoscopic view of Joseph Conrad's literary views and interest in the events of his day, including the Titanic disaster, First World War, and the re-emergence of his native Poland as a nation state. The introduction gives the history of the gathering of these diverse pieces into a single volume, traces the book's reception, and offers new perspectives on its relationship to Conrad's other writings. His...