Rescue (eBook)

Joseph Conrad (Autor)

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2017
400 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82744-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A ship's captain intends to help friends reclaim their land but gets distracted by a marooned yacht and the married woman on board. "Absorbingly interesting: dramatic, subtle, fascinating." — The New York Times.

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"e;The book is absorbingly interesting: dramatic, subtle, fascinating with allurement."e; ― The New York Times.Captain Tom Lingard is on his way to help his friends, a Malay prince and princess, reclaim their stolen land when he gets distracted by a marooned yacht. Lingard feels obliged to help his fellow Europeans out of their plight — and he's increasingly attracted to Edith Travers, the married woman on board — but his rescue of the pleasure boat and its passengers plunges the captain deep into a dangerous vortex of local politics.One of Conrad's less familiar tales, this powerfully intense novel provides atmospheric seafaring glimpses of the Malay Archipelago along with a suspenseful plot that builds to an explosive climax. The Rescue is chronologically the first in the author's Lingard trilogy, which includes Almayer's Folly and An Outcast of the Islands, although it appeared years later. Begun in 1896 and published in 1920, just four years before Conrad's death, the novel adds resonance to Conrad's other works on colonialism and imperialism.

Autor

Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was fluent from birth in French as well as his native Polish. He learned his third language, English, as an adult, and it was in English that he wrote his evocative stories and novels. Conrad drew upon his experiences in the British and French navies to portray the struggles of humanity amid the world's vast indifference.

Inhalt

Part I. The Man in the BrigPart II. The Shore of RefugePart III. The CapturePart IV. The Gift of the ShallowsPart V. The Point of Honour and the Point of PassionPart VI. The Claim of Life and the Toll of Death

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.11.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 317 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 1920 • adventure at sea • Almayer's Folly • An Outcast of the Islands • atmospheric novel • Belarab • Captain Tom Lingard • Chance • chief mate Shaw • classic hero plot • complex characters • d'Alcacer • Danger • Dark • dramatic • Edith Travers • Explosive • female antagonist • Ford Madox Ford • Heart of Darkness • Immada • intense • Jaffir • Jorgenson • Lingard Trilogy • Lord Jim • Lost at sea • Malayan archipelago • Malaysia • Mr. Travers, who thinks he is a vulgar adventurer, intent on profiting from salvaging the yacht. Lingard • Nostromo • Polish-British • political intrigue • prince and princess • Romance • seafaring mystery • Sherif Daman • Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel • suspenseful mystery • suspenseful mystery, seafaring mystery, adventure at sea, nautical tale, malay archipelago, thriller, explosive, lingard trilogy, marooned yacht, romance, political intrigue, prince and princess, action adventure, atmospheric novel, danger, dramatic, lively, engaging, page turner • The Arrow of Gold • The Capture • The Claim of Life and the Toll of Death • The End of the Tether • The Gift of the Shallows • The Inheritors • The Man in the Brig • The Nature of a Crime • The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' • The Point of Honour and the Point of Passion • The Rescue • The Rescue, A Romance of the Shallows • The Rover • the secret agent • The Shadow Line • The Shore of Refuge • Thriller • typhoon • Under Western Eyes • Victory • Vidar • Wajo leader Hassim
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82744-5 / 0486827445
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82744-5 / 9780486827445