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The Rescue

Joseph Conrad

  • Adventure
  • Book language: English
  • 345 pages

The Rescue is an adventure novel by Joseph Conrad. It follows a sailor in the Malay Archipelago, where loyalty, love and danger at sea intertwine. It is worth listening to for Conrad's rich storytelling and tense atmosphere.

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Opening of the book

“Allas!” quod she, “that ever this sholde happe!
For wende I never, by possibilitee,
That swich a monstre or merveille mighte be!”
Tƒŧ FǡĵƿƫŧƯŧΏƿ’Ǫ TĵƯŧ

ТО

FREDERIC COURTLAND PENFIELD

LAST AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE

LATE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE, THIS OLD TIME TALE IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED IN MEMORY OF THE RESCUE OF CERTAIN DISTRESSED TRAVELLERS EFFECTED BY HIM IN THE WORLD'S GREAT STORM OF THE

YEAR

1914

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Contents

  1. Epigraph
  2. Dedication
  3. Author’s Note

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