"Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard" by Joseph Conrad is a story set in the late 1800s, where big ideas like taking over other countries, money, and what makes people tick all clash in a made-up South American country called Costaguana. The plot follows people like Nostromo, an super important worker, and other powerful people linked to the San Tome silver mine, all dealing with crazy politics, revolutions, and changing sides. The book starts with the author explaining how a story about someone stealing silver during a revolution gave him the idea. The story begins in Sulaco, a growing town known for its beauty and history. Important figures like Nostromo, seen by Captain Mitchell as courageous and loyal, are introduced as political problems, revolts, and foreign money mess everything up. It's a story about wanting things, being proud, betrayal, and fighting for wealth and control in a very troubled place.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
By Joseph Conrad
In a South American country filled with conflict, one man's courage and loyalty are tested as he navigates revolution, betrayal, and the dangerous pursuit of wealth and power tied to a legendary silver mine.
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About the AuthorJoseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world.
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world.
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