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'Twixt Land and Sea
Joseph Conrad
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It was said in a tone—this “leave us in peace!” There was a sort of ruffianly familiarity, a superiority, a scorn in it. I was to hear it more than once, for you would show an imperfect knowledge of human nature if you thought that this was my last visit to that house—where no respectable person had put foot for ever so many years. No, you would be very much mistaken if you imagined that this reception had scared me away. First of all I was not going to run before a grotesque and ruffianly old woman.
And then you mustn’t forget these necessary bags. That first evening Jacobus made me stay to dinner; after, however, telling me loyally that he didn’t know whether he co. . . Read More
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Andiamo via/via dai fantasmi/In fretta via/da questi inutili spasmi/"Via, via, vieni via di qui,/niente pi� ti lega a questi luoghi,"/"c'� una ragione di pi�/per dirti che vado via" Insomma, si salpa.
3 classic stories of sailing men:
1) “A SMILE OF FORTUNE”— a ruined and lost moral steadiness.
2) “THE SECRET SHARER” — saddest of the tales. A story of misplaced loyalty.
3) “FREYA OF THE SEVEN ISLES” — heartbreaking love story of love destroyed by a hateful outsider.
Read clearly and with compassion
Three Conrad novellas, two of which, ‘A Smile of Fortune’ and ‘Freya of the Seven Seas’ consider the consequences of self deception, and the third being the ‘The Secret Sharer’, which is definitely one of my favorite short stories of all time. It was great to get back to Conrad and his world where a
Conrad always offers amiably lush and personal language in his stories. It’s easy to imagine that he’s telling the story in front of a satisfying fireplace.
It’s no surprise to me that Conrad was a successful writer during his lifetime. His characters are deeply inscribed in his stories, and his empa
With ‘Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad’s works signify a moving away from the more political novels that provided many of his best works. As Conrad himself says, the three stories here are not connected in any way, and differ greatly in tone and content.
The first story has a distinctly ironic accent to it