Chance: A Tale in Two Parts - Couverture souple

Conrad, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192801740 ISBN 13 : 9780192801746

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2003

Synopsis

'no consideration, no delicacy, no tenderness, no scruples should stand in the way of a woman ...from taking the shortest cut towards securing for herself the easiest possible existence' Chance(1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is 'like a beggar,without a right to anything but compassion'. After her bankrupt father is imprisoned, she learns the harsh fact that a woman in her position 'has no resources but in herself. Her only means of action is to be what she is.' Flora's long struggle to achieve some dignity and happiness makes her Conrad's most moving female character. Reflecting the contemporary interest in the New Woman and the Suffragette question, Chance also marks the final appearance of Marlow, Conrad's most effective and wise narrator. This revised edition uses the English first edition text and has a new chronology and bibliography.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Joseph Conrad was a Polish novelist who lived most of his life in Britain and didn't learn English until age 21. The young Conrad lived an adventurous life involving gunrunning and political conspiracy, and apparently had a disastrous love affair that plunged him into despair. He served 16 years in the merchant navy.In 1894, at age 36, Conrad reluctantly gave up the sea, partly because of poor health and partly because he had decided on a literary career.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In Conrad's Chance (1913), Marlow again narrate the story as an observer. The story's unusual female protagonist is the most complex of Conrad's heroines, Flora de Barral, a damsel distressed by the neglect of her bankrupt father and rejection from her governess. Tragedy and transformation ensue when she takes refuge at sea on Captain Anthony's ship. Chance is a psychologically penetrating portrait of her transformation from vulnerability to self-respect.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192801740
• ISBN 13: 9780192801746
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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