NostromoBroadview Press, 1997 M04 30 - 453 páginas Nostromo, first published in 1904, is arguably Conrad’s greatest and most complex novel. A compelling adventure story, it is also a novel of profound psychological insight and of powerful political implications. It tells the story of a Central American state whose silver mine serves both literally and metaphorically as the source of the country‘s value. Written at the time of the development of the Panama Canal, Nostromo is set in the imaginary province of Sulaco, which secedes from the federation of Costaguana in order to protect its natural resource, the silver mine. The parallels with the ‘revolution’ fomented in Panama by the United States in 1903 are striking; just as Panama seceded from Columbia to satisfy the material interests of the canal builders, so the secession of Sulaco serves the material interests of ‘the Gould concession.’ In this edition a variety of documents from the period (including material concerning American involvement in Central America in the early twentieth century, early critical notices, and family letters of Conrad’s) help to set the text in context. |
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... talk of his brother in inflat- ed terms . He seemed fairly safe from being found out , because the students , all of ... Talking , ' I said , with my eyes looking into hers . " ' Yes , yes , but - ' " Empty speeches , ' I interrupted her ...
... talk to him from his end of the wire . There was nobody in the office but himself and the operator of the railway telegraph , who read off the clicks aloud as the tape coiled its length upon the floor . And the purport of that talk ...
... talk , but did not disclose his presence from the fear that he would not be allowed to remain . His only idea at the time , overpowering and masterful , was to get away from this terrible Sulaco . And now he regretted it very much . He ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
Derechos de autor | |
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