Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England. Conrad is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, . He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe. He was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English tragic sensibility into English literature. In this book: Heart of Darkness The Secret Agent Lord Jim