The Secret Sharer Resources

As you can imagine, the members of this group know a thing or two about our man Conrad.

Apparently, folks in the U.S. wanted to make their own Joseph Conrad society. Hopefully, it didn't take a revolution for them to become independent of the British one.

A whole lot of Conrad writings are in the public domain, so check out this site and raid those texts all you want.

This 2014 adaptation takes more than a few liberties with the original text, but it's worth checking out.

This version is pretty true to the original text, and if you can find a copy, by all means have a look.

This article will give you a quick n' dirty rundown of the story and some background info on Joey Conrad.

This short article gives the author's personal impression of the book and what sort of effect it can leave on readers. Take a look to see whether the thoughts match yours.

Author Joyce Carol Oates gives her take on why Conrad hated the sea, even though he wrote constantly about it.

Yes, there are some major differences between this film version and the original. But sometimes differences are more revealing than similarities.

The title pretty much says it all.

It's tough to find a better reading voice than this guy's.

It ain't Orson Welles, but at least you'll still get a chance to rest your eyes.

Yup, here's yet another version. Just pick the voice that sounds nicest to you and have at it.

You can see the grey creeping into the beard, but as far as Conrad photos go, this is as young as he gets.

Someone needs to put this guy in an ad for moustache wax.

Here's a picture of Joseph Conrad as a younger man. By the looks of things, the dude could grow a full beard at age ten.