Chance : A Tale in Two Parts

by Conrad, Joseph; Berthoud, Jacques

• ISBN13: 9780140182583
• ISBN10: 0140182586
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-31
• Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Summary

Chance(1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion." After her bankrupt father isimprisoned, she learns the harsh fact that a woman in her position "has no resources but in herself." Her only means of action is to be what she is. Flora's long struggle to achieve some dignity and happiness makes her Conrad's most moving female character.Reflecting the contemporary interest in the New Woman and the Suffragette question, Chance also marks the final appearance of Marlow, Conrad's most effective and wise narrator. This revised edition uses the English first edition text and has a new chronology and bibliography.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Note on the Text	p. xx
Select Bibliography	p. xxiii
A Chronology of Joseph Conrad	p. xxv
Author's Note	p. xxxi
the Damsel	p. 1
Young Powell and His Chance	p. 3
the Fynes and the Girl-Friend	p. 35
Thrift--And the Child	p. 67
the Governess	p. 96
the Tea-Party	p. 134
Flora	p. 163
on the Pavement	p. 196
the Knight	p. 255
the Ferndale	p. 257
Young Powell Sees and Hears	p. 272
Devoted Servants--And the Light of a Flare	p. 296
Anthony and Flora	p. 325
the Great De Barral	p. 349
...a Moonless Night, Thick with Stars Above, Very Dark on the Water*	p. 402
	p. 448
	p. 452
Explanatory Notes	p. 457
Glossary of Nautical Terms	p. 469
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