'It was as if the sea breaking down the wall protecting all the homes of the town had sent a
wave over her head'One of Conrad's most powerful gripping storiesIntroducing Little Black
Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range
and diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world and across many centuries.
They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from
Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical
and savage poems epic and intimate essays satirical and inspirational and ideas that have
shaped the lives of millions.Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). Conrad's Heart of Darkness Lord Jim
Nostromo The Secret Agent The Secret Sharer and Other Stories Typhoon and Other Stories and
Under Western Eyes are available in Penguin Classics.
