Under Western Eyes (1911) Novel by Joseph Conrad.
- ISBN-10
- 1523986719
- ISBN-13
- 9781523986712
- Pages
- 190
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-02-11
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
Description
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
