Joseph Conrad
Chance
language
( Feb. 3, 2020)
Apparently a two part story about a Damsel and a Knight, perhaps a damsel who depends upon the kindness of strangers. It was originally entitled "Dynamite" and first published by installments in the New York Herald. The book itself was the biggest commercial success for Conrad up until that time, 1913. It allowed Conrad for the first time to settle his financial affairs. The author's disdain for people who live on the land is apparent. A new understanding of the word "enthusiastic" is promulgated. And it is a love story. Let us see how the tale goes.
First Page:
Transcribed form the 1914 Methuen & Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
CHANCE A TALE IN TWO PARTS
Those that hold that all things are governed by Fortune had not erred, had they not persisted there
SIR THOMAS BROWNE
TO SIR HUGH CLIFFORD, K.C.M.G. WHO STEADFAST FRIENDSHIP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THESE PAGES
PART I THE DAMSEL
CHAPTER ONE YOUNG POWELL AND HIS CHANCE