Under Western Eyes

Joseph Conrad was the one who stood at the fountainhead of all the twentieth century modernistic literature and he was one of the most sagacious writers of all times. On the whole Under Western Eyes is a modern tale of Judas, ostensibly based on the traitor’s confessions. There are two sides of barric......more

Conrad's gripping espionager influenced Graham Greene, Maugham and LeCarre. An apolitical student accidentally becomes a Czarist spy after he betrays a rebel friend ; later as a secret agent in Geneva he falls in love with the fellow's sister.* Psychological trauma amid deception, manipulation and tu......more

The fact that the Westerner narrator is an uncomprehending observer (whose character's eyes are in the title 'Under Western Eyes') and that the Russian character of the story, Razumov, has the reputation as a great listener (strikingly so, pun intended) is told us, gentle reader, upfront by the auth......more