Joseph Conrad's The Brute tells a chilling story of a ship that appears to possess a mind of its own. The Apse Family has gained notoriety for being an unruly vessel, responsible for claiming the life of at least one person on each voyage. The narrative follows two brothers who serve as mates on the ship, with one of them losing his betrothed in a...More
Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. Conrad wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe.
Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced numerous authors, and many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, his works. Numerous writers and...More
Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. Conrad wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe.
Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced numerous authors, and many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that Conrad's fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events.
Book Summary
Joseph Conrad's The Brute tells a chilling story of a ship that appears to possess a mind of its own. The Apse Family has gained notoriety for being an unruly vessel, responsible for claiming the life of at least one person on each voyage. The narrative follows two brothers who serve as mates on the ship, with one of them losing his betrothed in a freak accident just before the ship's ultimate destruction, which was caused by a seaman neglecting his duty while flirting with a female passenger.
Joseph Conrad
