Under Western Eyes (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140188495 ISBN 13: 9780140188493

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

Conrad deftly depicts both the political turmoil in Russia in 1911 and its psychological repercussions in this novel about a student unwittingly caught in revolutionary intrigue. Attending St. Petersburg University, and industriously preparing himself for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, Razumov suddenly finds himself enmeshed in a secret plot. This newly edited version of one of Conrad's classic works demonstrates the turn-of-the-century writer's extraordinary grasp of traditional Russian literature and thought.

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Book Description:

Set in the tumultuous world of Tsarist repression and revolutionary intrigue, Under Western Eyes (1911) is a meditation on conflicting loyalties, political ideologies and national identity. This first extensively annotated edition provides a full listing of textual variants, extensive notes and the biographical history of the novel.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140188495
• ISBN 13: 9780140188493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Kirschner Paul