- Fiction, Revolutions, Revolutions in fiction, Sailors
A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men. Conrad's deep moral consciousness and masterful narrative technique are at their best in this, one of his greatest works.
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- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 469
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, Broadview Press, Modern Library
- Editions
- 255
- Language
- und, Polish, English, German
- ISBN
- 9780451512253
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“'I'd rather have written Conrad's "Nostromo" than any other novel.'”
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born British novelist, who became a British subject in 1886. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and then always with a marked Polish accent). He wrote stories and novels, predominantly with a nautical or seaboard setting, that depict trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor. ([Source][1].) [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Conrad
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