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Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. The Rescue depicts Civil war that rages between the native tribes of the Malay straits. Captain Tim Wingard sides with the Rajah Hassim. An English yacht blunders into this confusion and runs aground. When Wingard goes aboard to offer assistance, the crew gives him insolence, not gratitude. He prepares to leave then sees a woman. She captivates him, literally holds him spellbound. It is a spell that soon wrecks all his hopes and leads to the failure of the important cause to which he is bound.

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. The Rescue depicts Civil war that rages between the native…

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Chance is narrated by Conrad's regular narrator, Charles Marlow, but there are also some other narrators take up the story at different points. The novel is also unusual among its author's works for its focus on a female character, Flora de Barral. The narrators describe and attempt to interpret various episodes in the life of the Miss de Barral, the daughter of a convicted swindler, named Smith de Barral.

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Chance is narrated by Conrad's regular narrator, Charles…

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Nostromo is a 1904 novel set in the fictitious South American republic of "Costaguana". The events described in the novel are typical for political life in underdeveloped countries. The author takes up the problem of imperialism and its corrupting action even on the best people, which is the main character of the novel - the sailor Nostromo.

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Nostromo is a 1904 novel set in the fictitious South American…

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. In The New Magdalen the adoptive daughter of a wealthy aristocrat is waiting for a profitable marriage. What hides her past? She lived in a shelter, dragged on a miserable existence and in a moment of desperation she appropriated other people's documents, another's life story. But the specter of the past breaks into a real life - a deceived miser requires an answer. Will the Princess have enough courage to turn into Cinderella, sacrificing love and wealth?

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. In The New Magdalen the adoptive daughter of a wealthy aristocrat is waiting for a profitable marriage.…

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Poor Miss Finch is Collins's intriguing story about Lucilla Finch, a blind girl and the identical twins who both fall in love with her, has the exciting complications of his better-known novels but it also overturns conventional expectations. Using a background of myth and fairy-tale to expand the boundaries of nineteenth century realist fiction, Collins gives one of the best accounts in fiction of blindness and its implications.

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Poor Miss Finch is Collins's intriguing story about Lucilla Finch, a blind girl and the identical…

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Fallen Leaves novel follows the fortunes of four women, all in one way or another 'fallen leaves', who are linked by their relationships with the hero, Amelius Goldenheart, and also by secrets from the past.

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Fallen Leaves novel follows the fortunes of four women, all in one way or another 'fallen…

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel. In this story of relationships, psychological contortion, and deceit, a priest comes between an impressionable man and the young woman he loves. Collins is best known for originating the genre of the "sensation novel" that is the precursor of the modern suspense and detective novels.

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel. In this story of relationships, psychological contortion,…