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The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Joseph Conrad (Author)
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The great Conrad's 1920 novel was one of the last to be published before his death four years later. The plot follows the mislaid plans of protagonist Captain Tom Lingard, who, on his way to help a native friend regain his land, falls in love with a married woman whose yacht he saves from floundering.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Lingards Dilemna, Nov 11 2001
By Doug Anderson (Miami Beach, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 20th Century Rescue (Paperback)
The familiar Conrad hero Captain Tom Lingard(Outcast of the Islands) comes to the rescue of an English pleasure yacht that has foundered in the shallows just as war is about to break out between Malay tribes. Tom has war supplies including gunpowder stored in his own boat that has been turned into a fort and Tom's decisions will greatly effect the outcome of the war. Meanwhile though there is the English problem which Tom sees as being just that until he spies on board a lovely woman. Thats enough to distract our hero from his more pressing war time duties. Romantic Tom recalls Lord Jim and is in fact Jims brother, but he is not as complex or as troubled as Jim was so this is more a tale of pure adventure. External events take precedence over internal conflicts and so the adventure can be enjoyed for just that. Not one of Conrads most important works but still it exerts a lot of appeal. Anything by the best writer ever of sea and island tales is worth my time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Picture of piracy in early years of 19th. cent., Nov 30 1998
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This review is from: 20th Century Rescue (Paperback)
Author writes about true piracy in Caribbean ca. 19th cent. Conrad writes with historical and experiential knowledge.
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