Nostromo

Epic in scope and detail, populated by a vivid cast of characters covering the entire social spectrum, Nostromo is one of the greatest political novels ever written. It chronicles an era of political crisis in an imaginary but archetypal South American state, where the people of Sulaco are caught in [...]
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Epic in scope and detail, populated by a vivid cast of characters covering the entire social spectrum, Nostromo is one of the greatest political novels ever written. It chronicles an era of political crisis in an imaginary but archetypal South American state, where the people of Sulaco are caught in a cycle of revolution and counter-revolution, while trying to decide whether its wealthy silver mine, funded by Americans but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of avaricious politicians. Greed and corruption are ubiquitous, and Nostromo, the principled Capataz, is tested to his limits. This richly dense picture of an insurrectionary society and the opportunities it provides for corruption is related with Conrad's dry, detached yet compassionate intelligence. Also available in the Classics by Roads series: Dracula, Bram Stoker, ISBN 9781909399341; Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad ISBN 9781909399013; Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, ISBN 9781909399334; Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne, ISBN 9781909399273; Lady Chatterley's Lover, D.H.Lawrence, ISBN 9781909399280; Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert, ISBN 9781909399082; Notes From Underground Fyodor Dostoyevsky, ISBN 9781909399099; The Good Soldier, Ford Madox Ford, ISBN 9781909399266; The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle, ISBN 9781909399051; The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde, ISBN 9781909399006; The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli, ISBN 9781909399303; The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne, ISBN 9781909399020; The Thirty-nine Steps, John Buchan, ISBN 9781909399242; The Trial, Franz Kafka, ISBN 9781909399297; What is Art? Leo Tolstoy, ISBN 9781909399259; Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, ISBN 9781909399075; Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, ISBN 9781909399068; The King in Yellow, Robert Chambers, ISBN 9781909399501; Emma, Jane Austen, ISBN 9781909399495; Venus in Furs, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, ISBN 9781909399556; Great Expectations, ISBN 9781909399518; Walden, ISBN 9781909399532; Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev; What Maisie Knew ISBN 9781909399525; Gulliver's Travels ISBN 9781909399563; The Devil s Dictionary ISBN 9781909399600"