CHANCE
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CHANCE: A TALE IN TWO PARTS is a novel by English writer, JOSEPH CONRAD published in 1913 by METHEUN, following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was a great commercial success upon initial publication.
CHANCE is narrated by Conrad's regular narrator, Charles Marlow, along with other narrators, who take up the complex narrative at different points. The novel is also unusual among its author's works for such strong emphasis on a female character: the heroine, Flora de Barral.
The narrators attempt to interpret various episodes in the life of Miss de Barral, the daughter of a convicted swindler named Smith de Barral. Miss de Barral leads a sheltered life for as long as her father is prosperous, but at other times must rely on the generosity of others, who resent her or have agendas for her, before she escapes by marrying one Captain Anthony. Chance opened a path to commercial success for Conrad after years of slow progress and obscurity. This success was measured by the record sales of the book in 1914, which outsold all his previous publications and shot him to fame.
CHANCE
$14.00