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Published in 1914, Joseph Conrad's Chance, with its female protagonist, Flora de Barral, and happy ending, represented a new departure in his writings. Aided by the robust advertising efforts of his American publisher, Doubleday, Page, Chance was also his first major financial... Read Full Overview

Chance (1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion." After her... Read Full Overview

Chance(1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion." After her bankrupt... Read Full Overview

Chance(1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion." After her bankrupt... Read Full Overview

About Chance by Joseph Conrad "Chance" by Joseph Conrad invites readers on a riveting voyage through the unpredictable waters of fate. At the center of the narrative is Flora de Barral, a young woman whose life takes a tumultuous turn when her father, a disgraced financier, dies,... Read Full Overview

From this point the conversation took a special turn relating exclusively to sea-life. On that subject he got quickly in touch with Marlow who in his time had followed the sea. They kept up a lively exchange of reminiscences while I listened. They agreed that the happiest time... Read Full Overview

'It is a mighty force that of mere chance, absolutely irresistible yet manifesting itself often in delicate forms such for instance as the charm, true or illusory, of a human being' In Flora de Barral , the slender, dreamy, morbidly charming daughter of a parvenu financier, Conrad... Read Full Overview

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Specifications: Cover Finish: GLOSSY Dimensions: 5,25" x 8" (13,34 x 20,32 cm)Interior: White Paper Pages: 291

Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913 following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication. Chance is narrated... Read Full Overview

This book contains the novel that brought Joseph Conrad success after nearly twenty years as a struggling writer. 'Chance' tells the story of Flora de Barrel, a girl who is abandoned by her tycoon father and who struggles and strives in the search of happiness and dignity. The... Read Full Overview

I believe he had seen us out of the window coming off to dine in the dinghy of a fourteen-ton yawl belonging to Marlow my host and skipper. We helped the boy we had with us to haul the boat up on the landing-stage before we went up to the riverside inn, where we found our new... Read Full Overview

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men."―Joseph Conrad, Chance

Flora de Barral, the daughter of a bankrupt businessman and swindler, must find her own way in the world when her father... Read Full Overview

Conrad was born on 3 December 1857 in Berdychiv (Polish: Berdycz w), Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire; the region had once been part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. He was the only child of Apollo Korzeniowski-a writer, translator, political activist, and would-be... Read Full Overview

Chance(1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion." After her bankrupt... Read Full Overview

What drives a man to risk everything for a fleeting chance at love and fortune? In "Chance, a Tale in Two Parts," Joseph Conrad crafts a narrative that delves into the complexities of human change and the unpredictable nature of fate. Set against the backdrop of the late 19th... Read Full Overview

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