Chance - Conrad, Joseph

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Résumé :
A striking study in luck, fate, and the limits of human will. Chance: A Tale In Two Parts offers a riveting voyage into psyche and circumstance, where sea horizons mirror inner horizons and every turn of the deck reshapes a life. This restored edition brings Conrad's late nineteenth?century seafaring narrative to contemporary readers as more than a reprint. The form blends a seafaring adventure fiction with a psychological mystery novella, propelled by questions of fate versus luck and the moral ambiguity that shadows decisions at sea and ashore. The result is a compact, richly atmospheric work that rewards attentive reading and returns to the reader a deeper sense of purpose with each turning page. Widely regarded for its literary and historical significance, the tale sits comfortably among british imperial settings and sea fiction classics, inviting both casual readers and classic-literature collectors. It serves as an engaging entry for an academic study guide or classic literature classroom, while standing on its own as a culturally resonant object of great beauty and care. The edition is not merely a reprint but a collector's item and a cultural treasure, restored for today's and future generations to discover, debate, and treasure. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, Chance embodies the enduring allure of late nineteenth century British maritime novels, where gambling and chance meet human conscience in the vast, indifferent ocean....

Biographie:
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is considered as one of the best authors in the English language, despite the fact that he did not speak English effectively until his twenties. He became known as a master prose stylist who introduced a non-English sensibility into English literature. He authored novels and novellas, many of which take place at sea, about crises of human identity in what he perceived as an indifferent, incomprehensible, and amoral world. Conrad is regarded as a literary impressionist by some and an early modernist by others, while his works also incorporate elements of nineteenth-century realism. His storytelling style and anti-heroic characters, such as Lord Jim, impacted a number of authors. Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew on his native Poland's national experiences-during nearly all of his life, parcelled out among three occupying empires-as well as his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world, including imperialism and colonialism, and that profoundly explore the human psyche. Apollo took his kid to the Austrian-controlled region of Poland in December 1867, which had enjoyed significant internal freedom and self-government for the previous two years. After seeing Lwow and numerous smaller towns, they relocated to Krakow (Poland's capital until 1596), which is also in Austrian Poland, on February 20, 1869....

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