Nostromo

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a novel of great political and psychological importance in modern literature. Set in the fictional South American nation of Costaguana – a land wracked by war and revolution – Conrad paints a mesmerizing portrait of man’s vulnerability to greed and corruption. Through a unique narrative style and vivid characterization, Conrad delves into an account of human frailty with an ironic twist; it is a story without heroes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782367880518
Publisher:	Les Editions de l'Ebook malin
Publication date:	02/14/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	454
File size:	854 KB
Language:	French

About the Author

Romancier anglais, Joseph Conrad – Téodor Jozef Konrad Korzeniowski de son vrai nom – est né à Terechowa (Pologne) le 3 décembre 1857. Il débute dans la carrière de marin à 17 ans, en 1874. À Marseille, il est successivement engagé sur divers navires de commerce. Il fréquente les gens de mer mais aussi les milieux légitimistes et aristocratiques de la ville. Après quatre ans de cette existence, il quitte la France pour l'Angleterre. Il continue sa vie de marin, prenant bientôt un brevet de capitaine de la marine marchande anglaise. Traversées au long cours s'enchaînent vers tous les ports du monde. Il est naturalisé sujet britannique en 1886. En 1889 il commence à écrire son premier livre, La Folie-Almayer mais, repris par la passion de l'aventure, il obtient le commandement d'un vapeur du Haut-Congo. L'expérience, très dure, le contraint à rentrer en Europe. Il continue son roman tout en se soignant. Le succès du livre, publié en 1895, qu'il avait eu tant de peine à écrire en anglais, décide de sa carrière d'écrivain. Il se consacre dès lors exclusivement à la littérature et donne en quatorze ans toute une série de chefs-d'oeuvre du roman d'aventure: Un paria des îles, Lord Jim, Jeunesse, Typhon, L'Agent secret, Sous les yeux d'Occident, La Flèche d'or, etc. Il meurt à Bishopsbourne (Kent) le 3 août 1924.

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

Table of Contents

Introduction
A Note on the Text
Joseph Conrad: A Brief Chronology
Author’s Note

Nostromo

Appendix A: Selected Reviews

1. Letters of Arnold Bennett (25 November 1912)
2. Unsigned review, The Times Literary Supplement (21 October 1904)
3. Unsigned notice, Review of Reviews (1 November 1904)
4. Unsigned notice, Black and White (5 November 1904)
5. Unsigned review, Daily Telegraph (9 November 1904)
6. C.D.O. Barrie, British Weekly (10 November 1904)
7. Unsigned review, Manchester Guardian (2 November 1904)
8. Edward Garnett, Speaker (12 November 1904)
9. John Buchan, Spectator (19 November 1904)
10. Unsigned notice, Illustrated London News (26 November 1904)

Appendix B: Selected Letters

Appendix C: Documents relating to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1903

Appendix D: “Autocracy and War”

Works Cited

Recommended Reading

Editorial Reviews

Ruth Nadelhaft’s new edition of Nostromo is a timely addition to the Broadview Editions series. Without neglecting the traditional critical and biographical approaches, the supplementary materials and lucid introduction place Conrad’s difficult masterpiece fully and clearly within its contemporary contexts (especially the events surrounding the Panama Canal project), and in relation to our own debates about imperialism, colonials, and alleged racism in Conrad’s work. Broadview’s Nostromo, like its companion volumes, is truly a text for the way we teach now.” — David Latané Jr., Virginia Commonwealth University

“Nadelhaft negotiates the impasse between existential and political responses to the book. In reaffirming that the personal is the political, she demonstrates how Nostromo represents the process whereby ‘imperialism transmits the virus of alienation.’ Joined with the historical apparatus so characteristic of Broadview Editions, such theorizing genuinely reopens a book that hasn’t yet received its due.” — Michael Coyle, Colgate University

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