Download or read book Under Western Eyes written by Joseph Conrad and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure and Corruption in Russia “The man who says that he has no illusions has at least that one.”- Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes A four-part novel set in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas III, in which Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes embroiled in the assassination of a public official.