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Title: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Author: Joseph Conrad
Release Date: January 9, 2006 [EBook #2021]
Language: English
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NOSTROMO
A TALE OF THE SEABOARD
By Joseph Conrad
'So foul a sky clears not without a storm.' —SHAKESPEARE
TO JOHN GALSWORTHY
Contents
AUTHOR'S NOTE
NOSTROMO
PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
PART SECOND THE ISABELS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
AUTHOR'S NOTE
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I don't mean to say that I became then conscious of any impending change in my mentality and in my attitude towards the tasks of my writing life. And perhaps there was never any change, except in that mysterious, extraneous thing which has nothing to do with the theories of art; a subtle change in the nature of the inspiration; a phenomenon for which I can not in any way be held responsible. What, however, did cause me some concern was that after finishing the last story of the 'Typhoon' volume it seemed somehow that there was nothing more in the world to write about.
This so strangely negative but disturbing mood lasted some little time; and then, as with many of my longer
