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1.Heart of Darkness by: Joseph Conrad January 25, 2007
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I first read this a couple of years ago as part of an English Lit course, in which we studied in depth the language used. The first thing to bear in mind is that this book is a product of its time. Of course there's inherent racism (Conrad's dehumanising presentation of the Africans as 'black shadows') but despite this, Heart of Darkness was an absolutely groundbreaking piece of colonial literature. As to the style, which people have claimed is dry and unreadable (sorry that Conrad didn't have the courtesy to divide the novella into easy bitesize chapters!) it IS dense. But the language is so rich - pick out any one paragraph and you could talk about the literary techniques and the beautiful language used for hours! ... Read More:

2.Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics) by: Joseph Conrad August 02, 2007
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I find it absolutely unbelievable that anyone could regard this novel as "dull"! And if novels shouldn't be depressing... well, don't bother with the rest of the Western canon. Maybe you need to try a little harder with the source novel than you do with the Hollywood film. (Consider this: if it's such an average read, why was Francic C. so inspired by it in the first place?)

3.The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Penguin Popular Classics) by: Joseph Conrad September 27, 2007
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For some years, this intriguing novel has been a favourite of mine. Conrad leads the reader through a cunning series of plots and subplots, all the while creating an atmosphere of discontent and darkness. The distinct characteristics of Mr Verloc will interest and bemuse the reader for many hours along the main plot of this novel. Anarchy has never been so readily depicted in classic literature.

4.Heart of Darkness and Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics) by: Joseph Conrad March 01, 1995
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The Heart of Darkness is about a man, a very accomplished man, erudite, educated, aspirational, filled with ideals, hope and ambition for himself and humanity. Yet, upon encountering the ordinariness in others, an ordinariness that is prejudiced, violent, vile, base and degenerate, he respondes with a violence and degeneracy that exceeds anything he had encountered from those ordinary others. This is a story about ignorance, contempt and arrogance and its consequences. It is about the impotence of Kurtz to affect change upon this collective unconsciouness and his consequent omnipotent reaction. It is a narrative descriptive of the manner in which, without consciousness and insight, even the most accomplished may be corrupted and decend into ... Read More:

5.Orlando: A Biography (Penguin Modern Classics) by: Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf September 28, 2000
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I had to study this book in the first year of my degree. I am very glad of this, as I might not have encountered this amusing and original work of Woolf's otherwise. The tone of 'Orlando' is quite different to that of her other well-known novels such as 'To The Lighthouse' and 'Mrs Dalloway' - I would say that it is more 'accessible'. Despite its somewhat surreal plot (a sixteenth-century nobleman ends up as a twentieth-century female writer), the historical periods are described with realistic detail, and the reader's perceptions are challenged throughout. The themes of gender, race, truth, art and freedom, which are prevalent in the book, are still as relevant today as they were in 1928. The Oxford World's Classics edition is well worth buying over ... Read More:

6.Heart of Darkness: York Notes Advanced by: Joseph Conrad April 06, 2004
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I had to study this book in the first year of my degree. I am very glad of this, as I might not have encountered this amusing and original work of Woolf's otherwise. The tone of 'Orlando' is quite different to that of her other well-known novels such as 'To The Lighthouse' and 'Mrs Dalloway' - I would say that it is more 'accessible'. Despite its somewhat surreal plot (a sixteenth-century nobleman ends up as a twentieth-century female writer), the historical periods are described with realistic detail, and the reader's perceptions are challenged throughout. The themes of gender, race, truth, art and freedom, which are prevalent in the book, are still as relevant today as they were in 1928. The Oxford World's Classics edition is well worth buying over ... Read More:

7.Lord Jim: A Tale (Penguin Popular Classics) by: Joseph Conrad July 26, 2007
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There is a problem with this book. It is a good enough story, and Conrad can set the scene really well; his descriptions of the surroundings, including the inhabitants are like oil paintings that bring the story alive. Nevrtheless, here's why i think the novel doesn't quite work. Firstly, i think Conrad is too long-winded and overinclusive. He puts in a lot of detail and characters and their stories that, i think, detain you from the main story. This doesn't help in a story that is by its nature pretty slow anyway. The novel would have benefitted from some robust editing. Secondly, this is really a story in two parts and a coda. The first part is about Jim in our world falling from grace, and his inability to put this behind ... Read More:

8.Nostromo (Wordsworth Classics) by: Joseph Conrad December 01, 1996
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This is, I know, considered by many influential old critics (such as QD Leavis, I think) to be one of the best novels ever, and Conrad's masterpiece. However, I have to disagree with both claims. I read this book years ago, when I was 16, after having read - and loved - Heart of Darkness. This one is so dense, difficult and laborious to read that I barely got through it. The whole process is so drawn out that it was a relief to get it over with. For some reason, in my teens and early twenties, I used to say Conrad was my favourite novelist, but I don't know why. A lot of his work is like this - see The Secret Agent, for example. He is much better in his shorter works, such as Almayers Folly, Heart of Darkness and The Shadow Line. Lord Jim is the only example I know of a very ... Read More:

9.Lord Jim (Penguin Classics) by: Joseph Conrad August 02, 2007
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I was given this book as a teenager, and made half-hearted efforts to read in over the past twenty years but rarely got beyond the first couple of pages. I had decided on very little basis that I didn't like Conrad, that his writing was uncomfortable, old-fashioned and read like another language translated into english. I have entirely changed my mind. Older, not neccesarily wiser, but more exposed to the world and its vageries I have fallen utterly in love with Conrad and his writing which is engaging and modern. He is the most humane of writers, capable of being moving without lapsing into sentimentality, and maps the human spirit with all its pride, nobilty, hope, optimism, youth, experience, realism, and evil. Lord Jim combines all these with the excitement of an adventure story and ... Read More:

10.Heart of Darkness (Everyman's Library Classics) by: Joseph Conrad September 16, 1993
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Heart of Darkness begins simply, with seaman yarning in a boat moored on the Thames. Then Marlowe takes the deck with one of his stories. In a short space of time, we, the readers are taken to the Congo. Conrad's story, like Marlowes' voyage unfolds slowly, yet systematically. The clear cut certainties of life are gradually replaced by multi-hued, overlapping themes that repeat in their own cycle: contrast between light and dark, deception, the corruption of good intentions. The reader is drawn into the African puzzle with Marlowe; he empathises with Marlowes and Kurtz's invisible change. The final resolution and the epilogue are a fine coda to a great book.

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