Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019954977X ISBN 13: 9780199549771

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

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 father is imprisoned, she learns the harsh fact that a woman in her position "has no resources but in herself." Her only means of action is to be what she is. Flora's long struggle to achieve some dignity and happiness makes her Conrad's most moving female character.

Reflecting the contemporary interest in the New Woman and the Suffragette question, Chance also marks the final appearance of Marlow, Conrad's most effective and wise narrator. This revised edition uses the English first edition text and has a new chronology and bibliography.

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About the Author

Martin Ray, Lecturer in English, The University of Aberdeen.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019954977X
• ISBN 13: 9780199549771
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Ray Martin