Joseph Conrad

The Arrow of Gold (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

During the Third Carlist War in Spain, a naïve, unnamed narrator becomes caught in a love triangle with the beautiful Dona Rita and Captain Blunt, a veteran of the American Civil War.

Having joined the forces of the pretender to the Spanish throne, the inexperienced narrator is persuaded to undertake dangerous missions in aid of the cause, only to fall hopelessly in love with the financier of the expeditions, Dona Rita.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Canada
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781443445764
• Artikelnr.: 42915470

Autorenporträt

Polish author Joseph Conrad is considered to be one of the greatest English-language novelists, a remarkable achievement considering English was not his first language. Conrad's literary works often featured a nautical setting, reflecting the influences of his early career in the Merchant Navy, and his depictions of the struggles of the human spirit in a cold, indifferent world are best exemplified in such seminal works as Heart of Darkness, Lord JimM, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Regarded as a forerunner of modernist literature, Conrad's writing style and characters have influenced such distinguished writers as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, and George Orwell, among many others. Many of Conrad's novels have been adapted for film, most notably Heart of Darkness, which served as the inspiration and foundation for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now.

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