Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...THE SECRET SHARER by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sha... ...A PENN S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad THE SECRET SHARER by Joseph Conrad I O N MY RIGHT HAND there ... ...he part of his round eyes and frightful whis- kers, was trying to evolve a theory of the anchored ship. His dominant trait was to take all things int... ...the day after tomorrow.” After thus overwhelming us with the extent of his information he slipped out of the cabin. The mate observed regretfully tha... ...t what he was alluding to was his old captain’s reluctant admission of the theory of suicide. It would obviously serve his turn—if I had understood at...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Nostromo. A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Nostromo A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tal... ...IC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...ronic transmission, in any way. Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series, Ji... ...sure. They are now rich and hungry and thirsty—a strange 13 Joseph Conrad theory of tenacious gringo ghosts suffering in their starved and parched fl... ... affected by the one great fact of a silver mine, had no objection to this theory of the world’s future. If it had seemed distasteful for a moment it ... ...e Republic of Costaguana, lock, stock, and barrel. But, in fact, the hobby theory was the right one. It interested the great man to attend personally ... ...ry calm before this outburst, “was intoxicated with vanity. We had all the information, not from Moraga only; from others, too. There was his brother ... ...f the cathedral with Nostromo, after sending out the cable message for the information of a more or less attentive world. Strangely enough, though the... ... towards the faith- ful Ribierist municipality of Esmeralda. Later on, the information that the commandant was holding as- semblies of officers in the...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscen... ...A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad A Familiar Preface A s a ... ...pection of the ship. I was always in evidence in my best uni- form to give information as though I had been a Cook’s tourists’ interpreter, while our ... ...te worthy of you. What made you so real to me was that you held this lofty theory with some force of conviction and with an admirable consistency.” It...

Full Text Search Details
...Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad From the 1914 Methuen & Co. edition. A Penn State Electronic Classic... ...ctronic Classics Series Publication Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portab... ...electronic transmission, in any way. Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...curtailed his stay somewhat and gone back to his ship the day before. That information touched me but little. Believing in heredity 35 Joseph Conrad ... ...on in deferential accents: “Am I to understand then that you entertain the theory of suicide?” I don’t know that I am liable to fits of delirium but b... ...ndered—and wondering I doubted—whether she re- ally understood herself the theory she had propounded to me. Everything may be said—indeed ought to be ... ... for women with grievances (and all women had them), a sort of compendious theory and practice of feminine free morality. It made you laugh at its tra... ..., not at all. V ery pleased to be of use. Y ou can depend absolutely on my information”—”Oh thank you, thank you. I just looked in.” “Certainly, quite... ...ning with Fyne I went consciously in my mind over all this, let us call it information; no, better say, this fund of knowledge which I had, or rather ...

Full Text Search Details
...Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkne... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...ile as an electronic transmission, in any way. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se- ries, Ji... ...ould be—a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably. ‘I have a little theory which you Messieurs who go out there must help me to prove. This is ... ..., he said he was a first-class agent; and seeing my disappointment at this information, he added slowly, laying down his pen, ‘He is a very remarkable... ...very week three pieces of brass wire, each about nine inches long; and the theory was they were to buy their provisions with that currency in river-si... ... piece of writing. The open- ing paragraph, however, in the light of later information, strikes me now as ominous. He began with the argument that we ... ...as sure to have in the future a good influence upon his career. I had full information about all these things, and, besides, as it turned out, I was t...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad A PENN STAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICA TION Under Western... ...PENN STAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICA TION Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...AT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICA TION Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad “I would take liberty fro... ...ter—which, of course, would put a different complexion on the matter. This theory also ren- dered intelligible the protection of the distinguished nob... ...Minister’s life, had no hint of any plot through their usual chan- nels of information, had seen no signs, were aware of no sus- picious movements or ... ...ady, almost childish. He wrote five lines one under the other. History not Theory. Patriotism not Internationalism. Evolution not Revolution. Directio...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...The Shadow Line A Confession by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Shad... ...The Shadow Line A Confession by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Shadow Line... ...E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...RONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Ser... ...ectronic transmission, in any way. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series, Ji... ... displays. My feelings were al- ready in such a whirl that this staggering information did not seem to make the slightest difference. It merely fell i... ... for what? Or else a fiend- ish joke. But Mr. Burns was in possession of a theory. It was simple, and he uttered it solemnly in a hollow voice. “I sup...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad A P ENN S TAT E E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION The Sec... ... E E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se- ries, Ji... ...e all men- tion of anger incredible even to poor Stevie’s nervousness. The theory was that Mr V erloc would have been inexpressibly pained and shocked... ...ics? He looked dubiously at his brother-in-law, but he did not ask him for information. Mr V erloc’s intercourse with Stevie was limited to the casual... ... of an official kind, or else he might have reflected upon a matter not of theory but of experience that in the close- woven stuff of relations betwee... ...is trained faculties of an excellent investigator, who scorns no chance of information, followed the self-satis- fied, disjointed loquacity of the con... ... have liked to trace this affair back to its mysterious origin for his own information. He was profession- ally curious. Before the public he would ha... ... having had 74 The Secret Agent anything to do with the outrage. All this theory rested upon the utterances of an old charwoman who had been nearly k...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...W ITHIN THE T IDES Four Stories by Joseph Conrad from the 1919 J. M. Dent edition A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CL... ...W ITHIN THE T IDES Four Stories by Joseph Conrad from the 1919 J. M. Dent edition A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS ... ...ENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...AT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Se- ries, Ji... ... What he had come to seek in the editorial office was not controversy, but information. Y et somehow he hesitated to approach the subject. Solitary li... ...call on his friend at the of- fice. He hoped that a little common, gossipy information would lay the ghost of that unexpected dinner-party. Of course ... ...d by the unhealthy condi- tions of solitude—according to his own favourite theory. Aloud he observed that as long as a man had not given up corre- spo... ...for sure where we may find somebody more promising to talk to and get some information from.” “A ye, aye, sir,” said Tom falling into step behind his ...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...onrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ... PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...................................223 4 A Set of Six A Set of Six by Joseph Conrad TO MISS M. H. M. CAPES AUTHOR’S NOTE THE SIX STORIES in this volume ... ...ced open a couple of drawers in the way of duty, and found a little useful information. The most interesting part was his diary; for this man, engaged... ...ours knew the maître- d’hôtel of Madame de Lionne. In this way she had her information. And she was perfectly certain. In giving this assurance she si... ...d gone out one or two men, who had already heard of the duel, imparted the information to the sylph-like ladies, who received it with faint shrieks of... ...It was ob- jected to him that the men themselves were too young for such a theory. They belonged also to dif- ferent and distant parts of France. Ther...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An ... ...An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An Outcast... ...E E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This... ...TRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portab... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...and the world at large. He experienced that irresistible impulse to impart information which is inseparable from gross ignorance. There is always some... ...talk. He talked to them conscientiously. In the afternoon he expounded his theory of success over the little tables, dipping now and then his moustach... ...the Islands turned, nobody—and Lingard least of all—would dream of seeking information from them. Moreover, they had no personal interest of any kind ... ...would lose himself in a tremendous ef- fort to shape out some intelligible theory of events. There was a boat. A boat. A big boat that could take him ...

Full Text Search Details
...The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Ar... ...The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Arrow of ... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Joseph Conrad The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Joseph Conrad FIRST N... ...illegal enterprise in the Gulf of Mexico. At once it occurred to 5 Joseph Conrad Mills that this eccentric youngster was the very person for what the... ... of these great shoots. I hear a lot of things. I wanted to have a certain information, also certain hints conveyed to a diplomatic personage who was ... ...ved myself above suspicion. At last she spoke. “Madame is not happy.” This information was given to me not emotionally but as it were officially. It h... ...woman with innumer- able lovers, as I have been told.” “I don’t think your information is very correct,” I said, af- fecting to yawn slightly. “This i... ...’t say danger but, nuisance. I remember once a young doctor expounding the theory that most catastrophes in family circles, surprising episodes in pub... ...regarded as the first symptom of his own fate. We shouted down him and his theory, but there is no doubt that it had thrown a chill on the gaiety of o...

Full Text Search Details
...nce eminiscence eminiscence eminiscence eminiscence by by by by by J J J J Joseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad A P A P A... ...niscence eminiscence eminiscence eminiscence by by by by by J J J J Joseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad oseph Conrad A P A P A P A P ... ...ation ublication ublication ublication ublication Falk, A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...blication ublication ublication ublication Falk, A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ... as an electronic transmission, in any way. Falk, A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...gether. Then Schomberg expounded in my hearing to three or four people his theory that Falk was after Captain Hermann’s niece, and asserted confidentl... ...n study- ing him these three years.” He was anxious I should assent to his theory. And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough ... ...nd shrivelled old hag propped on a stick, who had volunteered some sort of information: and with the same stolid face he kept up an animated conversat... ... want to hear any of his confidences. I feared he might give me a piece of information that would make my assumed role of match-maker odious—however u...

Full Text Search Details
...The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Mirror of t... ...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This P... ...TE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Serie... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ... character of the craft. All vessels are handled in the same way as far as theory goes, just as you may deal with all men on broad and rigid principle... ...ing member of the syn- dicate (whose plans depended greatly on Dona Rita’s information), I used to be charged with humbly af- fectionate messages for ... ...in hand, we found it necessary to look into Barcelona for certain definite information. This appears like running one’s head into the very jaws of the... ...if that was so, then— Dominic seized my arm. “Yes, yes! She came out on an information—do you see, it?—on information… . We have been sold— betrayed. ...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad.

Full Text Search Details
...Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Notes on Life a... ...LECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portab... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim ... ...nventions or by sol- emn hanging on to the skirts of the latest scientific theory, is the only theme that can be legitimately developed by the novelis... ...rophet; and he neglected his interests to the point of never propounding a theory for the purpose of giving a tremendous significance to his art, alon... ...oly quietude of an ape. He was not the wearisome expounder of this or that theory, here to-day and spurned to-morrow. He was not a great artist, he wa... ...an rational. He expects nothing from gods or men. He trusts his senses for information and his instinct for deductions. It may seem that he has made b... ...aries whenever his own com- mercial spirit moves him. For, and this is the information alluded to above, Science, having in its infinite wanderings ru... ...ience” may be; and I do not think that anybody else knows; but that is the information stated shortly. It is contained in a book reposing under my tho...