Writing
Joseph Conrad
Born Dec 2, 1857 · Berdichev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine] · Died Aug 3, 1924
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; December 2, 1857 – August 3, 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. 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 then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honour. Conrad was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English tragic sensibility into English literature. While some of his works have a strain of romanticism, he is viewed as a precursor of modernist literature. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew upon his experiences in the French and later the British Merchant Navy to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a worldwide empire while also plumbing the depths of the human soul. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors. Films have been adapted from or inspired by Conrad's Victory, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, An Outcast of the Islands, The Rover, The Shadow Line, The Duel, Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Almayer's Folly.
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Written
Heart of Darkness
Adventure · Animation · Thriller
Lone Wolf
2021
Drama
Heart of Darkness
2018
The Lost Valley
2017
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
The Young One
2016
Drama
The Secret Agent
2016
Drama
An Outpost of Progress
2016
Drama
Mountain of Gold
2014
Drama
Secret Sharer
2014
Thriller · Drama · Romance
Almayer's Folly
2012
Drama
Gabrielle
2005
Drama · Romance
Swept from the Sea
1998
Drama · Romance
Nostromo
1997
Drama
Victory
1996
Drama · Romance
The Secret Agent
1996
Drama · Thriller
Windigo
1994
Drama
Heart of Darkness
1994
Drama · TV Movie
The Secret Agent
1992
Morgen
1986
Drama
An Outpost of Progress
1982
Drama
Apocalypse Now
1979
Drama · War
Naufragio
1978
Drama
The Duellists
1977
Drama · War
The Shadow-Line
1976
Drama
Her Return
1975
Drama · TV Movie
The Saliva Milkshake
1975
TV Movie
The Shadow Line
1973
Drama · TV Movie
The End of the Tether
1973
Drama
Centre Play
1973
Drama
Almayer's Folly
1972
Drama · TV Movie
Lord Jim
1965
Adventure · Drama
Heart of Darkness
1958
TV Movie · Drama · Adventure
Folio
1955
Laughing Anne
1953
Adventure · Drama · Romance
Face to Face
1952
Western · Crime · Drama
Outcast of the Islands
1951
Drama · Adventure
Victory
1940
Adventure
Sabotage
1936
Drama · Thriller · Crime
Under Western Eyes
1936
Drama
Farornas paradis
1931
Drama
Tropical Nights
1931
Drama
Dangerous Paradise
1930
Crime · Drama · Music
The Rescue
1929
Adventure · Romance
The Silver Treasure
1926
Action · Drama
Victory
1919
Drama · Romance
Acting
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Documentary
Arena
1975
Documentary
The Golden Twenties
1950
Documentary