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
- | Author: Joseph Conrad
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Feb 11, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 190 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1523986719
- | ISBN-13: 9781523986712