Chance: A Tale in Two Parts. Heron Complete Works of Conrad
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Nick to lower front hinge
- Seller
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
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 creates his most complex heroine and one of his most unrelenting, but not unhopeful, novels of emotional isolation. Neglected by her bankrupt father and rejected by her governess, drifting into abstraction and despair, Flora takes refuge at sea on Captain Anthony's ship, where tragedy and her transformation begin. When published in 1913, Chance was an immediate success. Arnold Bennett wrote that 'this is a discouraging book for a writer because he damn well knows he can't write as well as this'; while an anonymous reviewer in Punch declared that 'the whole thing is much nearer wizardry than workmanship'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- hercn03
- Title
- Chance: A Tale in Two Parts. Heron Complete Works of Conrad
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Blue hardback leatherette cover
- Book Condition
- Used - G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Nick to lower front hinge
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heron Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Fiction, Heron Books
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...