Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), born in Poland and best known for his 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, which was adapted through Setting Update into Apocalypse Now.
His other works include:
- Almayer's Folly
- An Outcast of the Islands
- Chance
- Gaspar Ruiz
- Lord Jim
- Nostromo
- Romance
- The Arrow of Gold
- The Duellists
- The End of the Tether
- The Inheritors
- The n****r Of The 'Narcissus'
- The Point Of Honor
- The Rescue
- The Secret Agent
- The Shadow Line
- Typhoon
- Under Western Eyes
- Victory: An Island Tale
- Within the Tides
His work provides examples of:[]
- Blind Idiot Translation
- Darkest Africa
- Heart of Darkness: The Trope Namer.
- Humans Are Bastards
- Inn of No Return}}
- Mighty Whitey
- Powered by a Forsaken Child
- River of Insanity
- Spy Fiction
- Unreliable Narrator