Joseph Conrad

He spent many years at sea before making writing his principal occupation, drawing on maritime experience and travel to create his fictional worlds. His best-known works include Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Nostromo and The Secret Agent. His stories examine moral choices, loyalty, isolation and power, often exposing tensions between civilization’s self-image and the realities of violence and exploitation. His complex narrative methods made him an influential figure in the development of the modern English-language novel.