The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Jones, Ernest

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440038015 ISBN 13: 9781440038013

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2012

Synopsis

Having named all the short prefaces written for my books, Author s Notes, this one too must have the same heading for the sake of uniformity if at the risk of some confusion. The Arrow of Gold, as its sub-title states, is a story between two Notes. But these Notes are embodied in its very frame, belong to its texture, and their mission is to prepare and close the story. They are material to the comprehension of the experience related in the narrative and are meant to determine the time and place together with certain historical circumstances conditioning the existence of the people concerned in the transactions of the twelve months covered by the narrative. It was the shortest way of getting over the preliminaries of a piece of work which could not have been of the nature of a chronicle. The Arrow of Gold is my first aft er-the-war publication. The writing of it was begun in the autumn of 1917 and finished in the summer of 1918. I ts memory is associated with that of the darkest hour of the war, which, in accordance with the well known proverb, preceded the dawn the dawn of peace. As I look at them now, these pages, written in the days of stress and dread, wear a look of strange serenity. They were written calmly, yet not in cold blood, and are perhaps the only kind of pages I could have written at that time full of menace, but also full of faith.
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

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About the Author

Joseph Conrad, (1857-1924) born JOzef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-born English novelist. Most of his works featured a nautical setting and depicted trials of the human spirit by the demands of duty and honor. Before he started writing, Conrad joined the French merchant marines and later joined the British navy. Some of his numerous works include, Heart of Darkness, The Arrow of Gold, The Secret Agent, An Outcast of the Islands, and Lord Jim.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440038015
• ISBN 13: 9781440038013
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370