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Daunt Books Children's Short Story Competition 2013

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  Nostromo by Joseph Conrad

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  Considered by many to be Joseph Conrad's masterpiece, this story is set in the fictional mining town and port of Costaguana and focuses around the mine owner, Senor Gould, and his supposedly trustworthy employee Nostromo. A brilliantly drawn cast of characters stroll through the pages of this epic as they try to free Costaguana from a destiny of corruption and violence.

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  The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

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  Verlac, a Russian spy working for the police, is commissioned to undermine a group of anarchists and prompt a stronger reaction from the liberal British government by bombing the Greenwich Observatory. A surprisingly fresh satire on attitudes to terrorism that is particularly relevant today.

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  Heart of Darkness and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad

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  One of the most truly menacing stories ever written, this is Marlow’s account of his journey up the Congo River towards the mysterious Mr. Kurtz. Based on his own experiences as a paddle boat captain, Conrad's novella is fiercely evocative of the horror of 19th century Congo. But almost equally as disturbing is Marlow’s psychological journey as he begins to suspect a horror that lies in the very heart of man. Highly recommended.

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  Freya of the Seven Isles by Joseph Conrad

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  A lovely edition of this Conrad story produced in the Art of the Novella series by Melville House Publishing. A tragic romance set in the Indian Ocean against a backdrop of growing hostility between the British and the Dutch merchant navies; Conrad explores themes of duty versus happiness and the corrupting influence of power.

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  An Outcast of the Islands by Joseph Conrad

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  Degenerate Peter Willems flees a scandal in Singapore to the relative sanctuary of a native Indonesian village, only to find that his obsession with the daughter of the tribal chief will be his undoing.

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  Heart of Darkness & The Congo Diary by Joseph Conrad

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  This edition of the classic novel also includes the well-annotated account of the author's experiences in central Africa.