Chance: A Tale in Two Parts

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

Flora de Barral is left to fend for herself at age fifteen, after her father is imprisoned. Conrad uses her consequent struggles to find a place in the world and deal with the moral hypocrisy that surrounds her as a basis to explore her psychological transformation from naive and tragic young woman to a person of confidence and self-respect. Conrad's books often reflect his exploration of the issues of character and personal development, and this work is a good example of this bias. Ambitious in both writing and plot, it is a condemnation of the inherent unfairness of the moral posturings of his time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442943285
Publisher:	ReadHowYouWant
Publication date:	07/16/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	554 KB

About the Author

Joseph Conrad (originally Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1896 he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in English—his third language.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France