![]() ![]() ![]() His most financially successful novel, Chance (1913), marked the dawn of Conrad's public persona as a great writer.Ĭonrad, Joseph. A Tale of the Sea (1898) has an auction history of over $4,500.00 in recent years.Ĭonrad's literary career also included other works such as Heart of Darkness (1899), Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904), The Secret Agent (1907) and Under Western Eyes (1911). A first edition of Conrad's The Nigger of the andquot Narcissusandquot. ![]() Sotheby's Auction house sold a first edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author for $7,750. At that time, he gave up life at sea and devoted his time to writing.Ĭonrad's first novel, Almayer's Folly, was published in 1895. At the age of 36, Conrad's health began to decline. His nautical themes were fashioned from his personal experiences in the French and British merchant navies. His novels are written in a narrative style containing anti-heroic characters. His plots usually give a picture of the trials and troubles of the human spirit in the midst of an uncaring European-dominated world and universe. Joseph Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time, scripting stories and novels engrossed in nautical settings. ![]()
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