{"product_id":"2940014628396","title":"Three JOSEPH CONRAD Classics - Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, \u0026 Typhoon","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • three complete books\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS \u003cbr\u003eHEART OF DARKNESS,\u003cbr\u003eLORD JIM, \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eTYPHOON \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003eJOZEF TEODOR KONRAD KORZENIOWSKI [1857-1924] was born in Poland in the town that is now Berdychiv, Ukraine. His father was a playwright and translator of French and English writers.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1868, at age eleven, he was orphaned and was taken in by an uncle in Krakow, Poland.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1873, at age 16, he became a seaman at Marseille, France. Later he joined the British Merchant Navy.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1886, he became a British citizen and changed his name to the anglicized Joseph Conrad.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1894, at age 36, he decided to write full-time.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1895, he published the novel Almayer's Folly. The next year he published An Outcast of the Islands.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1896, he married.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1913, he became financially successful upon the publication of Chance.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1914, he visited Poland.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1923, he visited the United States.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1924, he declined British knighthood. Later that year, he died and is buried Canterbury, England. His grave marker bears his Polish name, Korzeniowski.\u003cbr\u003eThe Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Lord Jim and Nostromo are aconsidered by critics to be his best work.\u003cbr\u003eSeveral of his novels have been adapted for film.","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080353759472,"sku":"2940014628396","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014628396_p0.jpg?v=1763612374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014628396","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}