...nrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...d A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ...ido as if within an enormous semi-circular and unroofed temple open to the ocean, with its walls of lofty mountains hung with the mourning draperies o... ...ighbourhood, peons of the estancias, vaqueros of the seaboard plains, tame Indians coming miles to market with a bundle of sugar-cane or a basket of m... ...ity, and awe. The impious adventurers gave no other sign. The sailors, the Indian, and the stolen burro were never seen again. As to the mozo, a Sulac... ...orth Pole. And then we shall have the leisure to take in hand the outlying islands and continents of the earth. We shall run the world’s business whet... ...ct circle of the horizon, its clumps of heavy timber motionless like solid islands of leaves above the running waves of grass. There were hides there,...

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

...RER by Joseph Conrad A PENN S TATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...CS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the other end of the ocean; for there was no sign of human habitation as far as the eye could re... ...ll of his writing desk—had exer- cised him infinitely. The ship within the islands was much more easily accounted for; and just as we were about to ri... ...uring to myself the coming passage through the Malay Archipelago, down the Indian Ocean, and up the At- lantic. All its phases were familiar enough t... ...o myself the coming passage through the Malay Archipelago, down the Indian Ocean, and up the At- lantic. All its phases were familiar enough to me, e... ... No. Do you see me being hauled back, stark naked, off one of these little islands by the scruff of the neck and fight- ing like a wild beast? Somebo...

Excerpt: The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad.

...lows by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Rescue by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ... CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Rescue by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ty. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... BRIG THE SHALLOW SEA that foams and murmurs on the shores of the thousand islands, big and little, which make up the Malay Archipelago has been for c... ...land and water—for the sea was as much their country as the earth of their islands—has fallen a prey to the western race—the reward of superior streng... ...s, that lies far east, and still mysterious between the deep waters of two oceans. I OUT OF THE LEVEL BLUE of a shallow sea Carimata raises a lofty ba... ... stern had cushions of crimson plush. The table was cov- ered with a black Indian tablecloth embroidered in vivid colours. Between the beams of the po... ... lost in the shade of the fruit trees, masked by the cultivated patches of Indian corn and the banana plantations. Near the shore the rigid lines of t...

Excerpt: The Rescue by Joseph Conrad.

...Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscen... ...S SERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...ERIES PUBLICATION Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... their murmurs in the twilight of life as mysteri- ous as an over-shadowed ocean, while the dazzling brightness of supreme hopes lies far off, fascina... ...through all my sea wanderings, ever to achieve the crossing of the Western Ocean—using the words in that special sense in which sailors speak of Weste... ...e the trees of the square with all their leaves gone were like tracings of indian ink on a sheet of tissue paper. It was one of those London days that... ...ueer smiles and the disrespectful chat- ter of every vagrant trader in the Islands. Your name was the common property of the winds: it, as it were, fl...

Excerpt: Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad.

...sion by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Penn... ...BLICATION The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor any- o... ... ship, inas- much as then she belonged to that port. She traded among dark islands on a blue reefscarred sea, with the Red Ensign over the taffrail an... ...ngs, images of headlands, shapes of obscure coasts, aspects of innumerable islands, desert and otherwise. Any ship, for in- stance, bound on a trip to... ... But I won’t feel really at peace till I have that ship of mine out in the Indian Ocean.” He remarked casually that from Bangkok to the Indian Ocean w... ...won’t feel really at peace till I have that ship of mine out in the Indian Ocean.” He remarked casually that from Bangkok to the Indian Ocean was a pr... ...said, irritated by his tone. “There’s no rest for me till she’s out in the Indian Ocean and not much of it even then.” He puffed at his cigar moodily,...

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

...Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkne... ...y Joseph Conrad A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ... State Electronic Classics Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portabl... ...Series Publication Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnishe... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ight. “I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian Ocean, Pacific, China Seas—a regular dose of the East—six years or s... ...I had then, as you remember, just returned to London after a lot of Indian Ocean, Pacific, China Seas—a regular dose of the East—six years or so, and ... ...mselves side by side. The broadening waters flowed through a mob of wooded islands; you lost your way on that river as you would in a desert, and butt...

...Excerpt: The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor with-out a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait fo...

...Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad From the 1914 Methuen & Co. edition. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Pub... ...Publication Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...lication Chance: A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ase. He trotted out the sailor-brother in a pretty wide range of subjects: Indian and colonial affairs, matters of trade, talk of travels, of seaside ... ...erests than financial. I see you remember the crash ….” “I was away in the Indian Seas at the time,” I said. “But of course—” “Of course,” Marlow stru... ...; but it was a mere crumb in a Sahara of starvation, a drop in the thirsty ocean. I dare say that not a single soul in the world got the comfort of as... ...ith all its con- sequences), Anthony had got an offer to go to the Western Islands, and bring home the cargo of some ship which, dam- aged in a collis... ...chartering his ship for the special purpose of proceed- ing to the Western Islands was put in his way by a firm of shipbrokers who had no doubt of his...

...Excerpt: I believe he had seen us out of the window coming off to dine in the dinghy of a fourteen-ton yawl belonging to Marlow my host and skipper. We helped the boy we had with us to haul the boat up on the landing-stage before we went up to the riverside inn, ...

...onrad A PENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State ... ...ad A PENN S TATE E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES P UBLICATION An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ... PENN S TATE 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 Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cla... ...f town life, had drifted out enigmatically into the sunny solitudes of the Indian Ocean. The memory of the Californian stranger was perpetuated in the... ...life, had drifted out enigmatically into the sunny solitudes of the Indian Ocean. The memory of the Californian stranger was perpetuated in the game o... ...ly and pitiful cries of sea- birds that dwell on the lonely reefs of great oceans. Then suddenly a face appeared within a few inches of his own. His f...

Excerpt: An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad.

... by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ... Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...hundred miles’ steady steaming through the maze of an archipelago of small islands up to a large na- tive town at the end of the beat. There was a thr... ...nsurveyed tracts of the South Seas, and had seen the sun rise on uncharted islands. Fifty years at sea, and forty out in the East (“a pretty thorough ... ...d gone out of the world together, leaving him on the shore of inaccessible oceans with seven hundred pounds in his hands. Striding firmly, without has... ...wheels and the high action of the horses, whilst the turbaned heads of the Indian servants el- evated above the line of the sea horizon glided rap- id... ...eezing oil out of cocoanuts for a living on some God-forsaken islet of the Indian Ocean; but it was from that patent slip in a lonely wooded bay that ...

...Excerpt: For a long time after the course of the steamer Sofala had been altered for the land, the low swampy coast had retained its appearance of a mere smudge of darkness beyond a belt of glitter. The sunrays seemed to fall violently upon the calm sea--s...

...W ITHIN THE T IDES Four Stories by Joseph Conrad from the 1919 J. M. Dent edition A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS ... ...W ITHIN THE T IDES Four Stories by Joseph Conrad from the 1919 J. M. Dent edition A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UB... ...t edition A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS S ERIES P UBLICA TION Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ... S ERIES P UBLICA TION Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... season made him long for the cool spaces of the Pacific, the sweep of the ocean’s free wind along the promenade decks, cumbered with long chairs, of ... ...o say that Mr. Walter has gone off in a trading schooner on a round of the islands.” “Y es, master.” “No mistakes—mind!” “No, master.” Renouard walked... ...t correct himself … “has gone in a trading schooner on a short tour of the islands, to the westward.” This communication was received in profound sile... ...ants. The blamed thing wants tomahawking (seems the name Sagamore means an Indian chief or something. The figure-head was a half-na- ked savage with a...

Excerpt: Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad.

...Contents of Within the Tides THE PLANTER OF MALATA......................................................................4 THE PARTNER ............................................................................................66 THE I...

... Sea by Joseph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...eph Conrad A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...he is always aim- ing for that one little spot—maybe a small island in the ocean, a single headland upon the long coast of a continent, a lighthouse o... ... we passed St. Helena; was laid up for a time when we were off the Western Islands, but got out of bed to make his Land- fall. He managed to keep up o... ...of the fact that it was Bangkok), a bit of manoeuvring of mine amongst the islands of the Gulf of Siam had given him an unforgettable scare. Ever sinc... ...een her described her to me as “nothing much to look at.” But in the great Indian famine of the seven- ties that ship, already old then, made some won... ...nd therefore a fit abode for sail- ors. A few years afterwards I met in an Indian port a 39 Joseph Conrad man who had served in the ships of the same...

...Excerpt: Landfall and departure mark the rhythmical swing of a seaman?s life and of a ship?s career. From land to land is the most concise definition of a ship?s earthly fate. A ?Departure? is not what a vain people of landsmen may think. The term ?Landfall? is ...

...Contents: I. Landfalls and Departures IV. Emblems of Hope VII. The Fine Art X. Cobwebs and Gossamer XIII. The Weight of the Burden XVI. Overdue and Missing XX. The Grip of the Land XXII. The Character of the Foe XXV. Rules of East and West...

...S PUBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...UBLICATION Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...RY INTO THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC—1912 ................... 194 PROTECTION OF OCEAN LINERS—1914 ............................................................ ...have been built commonwealths whose might casts a dwarfing shadow upon two oceans. Like a natural force which is obscured as much as illumi- nated by ... ...d, dotting the duskiness of water and clouds in the Eastern board: tops of islands fringing the German shore. While I was looking at their antics amon... ...o keep it whole to an ad- vanced age. You find them in mysterious nooks of islands and continents, mostly red-nosed and wa- tery-eyed, and not even am... ...n shipmates together in our different stations, for some forty days in the Indian Ocean in the early nineties. And, but for us two, Old Andy’s very me...

Excerpt: Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad.

.......... 32 STEPHEN CRANE?A NOTE WITHOUT DATES?1919 ......................................................................................... 46 TALES OF THE SEA?1898 ....................................................................................................................................... 49 AN OBSERVER IN MALAYA?1898...............................................