Under Western Eyes (1911) Novel by Joseph Conrad.

Download or read book Under Western Eyes (1911) Novel by Joseph Conrad. written by Joseph Conrad and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under Western Eyes (1911) 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 Crime and Punishment; Conrad was reputed to have detested Dostoevsky. It is also, some say, Conrad's response to his own early life; his father was a famous revolutionary imprisoned by the Russians, but, instead of following in his father's footsteps, at the age of sixteen Conrad left his native land forever.[1]:89[2] Indeed, while writing Under Western Eyes, Conrad suffered a weeks-long breakdown during which he conversed with the novel's characters in Polish