Joseph Conrad was born Theodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski in 1857 in the Ukraine. After twenty years at sea he retired to England, where he devoted himself to writing and published his first novel at the age of thirty-eight. In addition to Lord Jim (1900) and Nostromo (1904), his works include the novel The Secret Agent (1907) and the novella "Heart of Darkness" (1902). He died in 1924.
"One of the big love stories of the world of books."--Publishers Weekly "The magical quality of the narrative, the fastidious and unerring distinction of the style, are Conrad at his best."--Spectator "Dona Rita is only the central figure, not the sole notable figure, in a wonderful group, whose collective impression is that of some splendid, barbaric, yet most delicately and finely wrought example of the jeweler's art."--New York Times
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