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This book is expected to be useful to both students and teachers of English literature at the UG and PG levels, especially as an academic reference book on Joseph Conrad?s novels. In this book, six of Conrad?s novels taken in chronological order of publication from 1897 to 1907 have been examined and discussed from a perspective of literary naturalism. As a link between realism and modernism this study of Conrad?s novels helps to understand the further developments in literary trends. Since the charge of pessimism has been levelled against Conrad by some critics, Naturalism as a definite literary style has been justified in this book, only to substantiate and establish Conrad as a naturalist writer. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Vinaybhushan.V. Deshmukhe (MA, MBA, PhD), is a senior lecturer at the SDM College of Engineering & Technology, Dharwad and has fourteen years of experience (two years as a corporate executive and twelve years in teaching English, management & soft skills). He is regularly invited to conduct training courses in English, life skills and soft skills at various universities and also at corporate and academic institutions of repute. CONTENTS Preface; I. Relevance of Conrad?s Works to Naturalism; II. Philosophy of Naturalism: Tracing the Development; III. The Nigger of the Narcissus; IV. Lord Jim; V. Heart of Darkness; VI. Typhoon; VII. Nostromo; VIII. The Secret Agent; IX. Conrad and Maugham as Naturalist Writers; Select Bibliography; Index.