Read by Geoffrey Howard.

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...

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