Under Western Eyes - Joseph Conrad

Category: Classic, Literature, Political
Language: English
Keywords: 1910's Geneva Russia st. petersburg Switzerland

Written by Joseph Conrad
Read by Ralph Cosham
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Variable
Unabridged

Hailed as one of Joseph Conrad’s finest literary achievements, Under Western Eyes tells the story of a young man unwittingly caught in the political turmoil of pre-revolutionary czarist Russia. It begins with a bomb that kills its intended target, a hated Russian minister of police, along with several innocent bystanders. A young student named Razumov hides the perpetrator, who questions his moral strength and integrity.

Set in St. Petersburg amid intrigue and espionage, this novel hauntingly speaks to the broader, timeless question of human responsibility and honor. Conrad said that his intent was to render “the psychology of Russia,” a country being driven to anarchy by misguided revolutionaries. This masterwork, published six years before the Russian Revolution, is a chillingly accurate prophecy of what was to come.

Recorded in 1997
11 hrs and 15 mins