Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 / 2008-06-09 00:00:00

EBOOK NOSTROMO: A TALE OF THE SEABOARD ***


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NOSTROMO
A TALE OF THE SEABOARD

By Joseph Conrad


"So foul a sky clears not without a storm." --SHAKESPEARE


TO JOHN GALSWORTHY


AUTHOR'S NOTE

"_Nostromo_" is the most anxiously meditated of the longer novels which
belong to the period following upon the publication of the "Typhoon"
volume of short stories.
I don't mean to say that I became then conscious of any impending change
in my mentality and in my attitude towards the tasks of my writing
life. And perhaps there was never any change, except in that mysterious,
extraneous thing which has nothing to do with the theories of art; a
subtle change in the nature of the inspiration; a phenomenon for which I
can not in any way be held responsible. What, however, did cause me some
concern was that after finishing the last story of the "Typhoon" volume
it seemed somehow that there was nothing more in the world to write
about.
This so strangely negative but disturbing mood lasted some little
time; and then, as with many of my longer stories, the first hint for
"Nostromo" came to me in the shape of a vagrant anecdote completely
destitute of valuable details.
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