joseph conrad

     

A controversial 1979 war film was based on a 1902 work by this author

Trivia about joseph conrad

  • His own disastrous trip to the Congo in 1890 was the basis for his "Heart of Darkness"
  • This "Heart of Darkness" author's "Nostromo" takes place in the fictional country of Costaguana
  • Life becomes a jungle in his 1900 work "Lord Jim"
  • Marlow, an adventurer, appears in several works by this author, including "Lord Jim"
  • Coppola based his Vietnam war epic, "Apocalypse Now", on "Heart of Darkness" by this Polish-born author
  • He used Marlow as a character or narrator in "Youth", "Lord Jim" & "Heart of Darkness"
  • Ford Madox Ford wrote 3 novels with this "Heart of Darkness" author
  • His first novel, "Almayer's Folly", is autobiographical, like "Lord Jim"
  • Look in the dark recesses of your heart & tell me Jozef Korzeniowski's pen name
  • This author drew on his experiences as captain of a west African river steamer for "Heart of Darkness"
  • His novel "Lord Jim" uses the term cat's-paws for breezes that ruffle the surface of the sea
  • He dedicated "Lord Jim" to Mr. & Mrs. G.F.W. Hope "with grateful affection"
  • After "Heart of Darkness", he wrote "Nostromo" about the imaginary country of Costaguana
  • He wasn't at ease writing 1896's "An Outcast of the lslands" in English, but by "Lord Jim", he had the knack
  • In 1912 this Polish-born author shared with readers "The Secret Sharer", a short story in English
  • He penned the immortal 1902 line "The horror! The horror!"