Conrad's Other Eye


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Conrad Lorenz, Inquisitor. A Soul eternally damned. There was a time when Conrad knew that he was doing God's Work - until a horrifying miscarriage of justice opened his eyes. This volume contains five more stories of Conrad's eternal search for redemption and forgiveness. They range from New York in the Roaring Twenties through the horror of the Second World War and its aftermath to the night-life of Bangkok in the 1990s. During their course Conrad learns that even simple justice is sometimes out of reach but also that redemption may be closer than he thinks. For those wrongly accused and in desperate need, there is one last hope for justice. That Conrad will cast his eye upon their case.




A Concordance to Conrad's Under Western Eyes


Book Description

Originally published in 1983, this volume follows others in the series. The user is provided with a Verbal Index, citing each type and its location, a Word Frequency Table, and a Field of Reference. This volume is part of a series which produced verbal indexes, concordances, and related data for all of Conrad’s works.




The French Face of Joseph Conrad


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A large-scale account of Conrad's extensive involvement with the French literary tradition, Yves Hervouet's book is a milestone in our understanding of his work. It will have a major impact on Conrad scholarship and as a study of cross-cultural influence, it will be of interest to all students of comparative literature in the period.




Under Western Eyes


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Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia, as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official. Asked to spy on the family of the assassin -- his close friend -- he must come to terms with timeless questions of accountability and human integrity.




Callings: Tales of the Conrads of Karna


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The planet Karna has suffered for generations under the rule of the corrupt High Kings. Pollution fills the seas. Mountains have been toppled. Deserts encase much of the land.It is to this world Light calls Raphael to be the first Conrad: a human gifted with the power to call and transform energy. Yet Raphael will not follow Light alone, others will join him and Conrad Communities will be formed."Callings: Tales of the Conrads of Karna" reveals the trials and struggles of the Conrads as they battle to heal their homeworld. Within these pages you will journey with Raphael, Bruner, Serenity, and the other Conrads of Karna as they find the strength to follow and obey the Light for the betterment of their planet.




The Conrad Chronicles: Revolt


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For 250 planet cycles the elders concealed their secret: they had been exiled from Karna for using their Conrad abilities. Upon settling the planet Aleron they raised their children and continued to evolve as handlers of energy forces. The Conrads of the Light believed their thriving, peaceful world would endure. When ""the children"" learn of the exile, the Conrad utopian world on Aleron disintegrates. Desiring to become the next Conrad leader, Xavier of the House of Baldemar craves vengeance. He convinces several of his peers to follow him on his quest to annihilate the humans of Karna. Meanwhile, Gloria of the House of Vasilis is assailed by guilt over the questions she asked that sparked Xavier's desire for revenge. Forced into a position of leadership, Gloria is sent by the elders to stop Xavier. Gloria doubts her own abilities, especially when her twin sister chooses to follow Xavier.




A Concordance to Conrad's Heart of Darkness


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Originally published in 1979, this concordance to Heart of Darkness is intended for use by the general student of Conrad who wants to determine the exact denotation and connotation of Conrad’s vocabulary, or the patterns of imagery in his work, quickly and effortlessly. It prints under each word every logical context in which it occurs. This volume is part of a series which produced verbal indexes, concordances, and related data for all of Conrad’s works.




Conrad Under Familial Eyes


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Edited by an eminent Conrad scholar, this volume contains many texts never before available in Enlish, including letters to Conrad from his parents and uncle-guardian, accounts of his early life, and his relations with Poland.




Concordances to Conrad's Typhoon and Other Stories and Within the Tides


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Originally published in 1982, this title supplies a complete verbal index, listing all the words in the texts with their locations, a word frequency table, and a field of reference which establishes a page/line reference system for locating each context. The user will look first in the word frequency table to see whether or not the word in question occurs in these works. Then they will turn to the verbal index to find the line and page on which it occurs, and finally, turning to the location in the field of reference, they will find the context for their word.




A Concordance to Conrad's The Secret Agent


Book Description

Originally published in 1979, this concordance consists of a Verbal Index listing the location of all words used by Conrad, a Word Frequency Table listing number occurrences for each word in his text, and a Field of Reference in which the user can locate in its context a word cited in the Verbal Index. This volume is part of a series which produced verbal indexes, concordances, and related data for all of Conrad’s works.