Under Western Eyes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789355843722)

Under Western Eyes is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; Conrad was reputed to have detested Dostoevsky. It has also been interpreted as Conrad's response to his own early life; his father was a Polish independence activist and would-be revolutionary imprisoned by the Russians, but, instead of following in his father's footsteps, at the age of sixteen Conrad left his native land, only to return briefly decades later.Indeed, while writing Under Western Eyes, Conrad suffered a weeks-long breakdown during which he conversed with the novel's characters in Polish

Author: Joseph Conrad
ISBN-10: 9355843720
ISBN-13: 9789355843722
Publisher: True Sign Publishing House
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2023
Pages: 282
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 9.1
Point Value: 21
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 50688 / Under Western Eyes