Typhoon - Joseph Conrad - Livres -  - 9798679883109 - 30 septembre 2020
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Typhoon

Book Excerpt: ...ied; in which the narrator of the tale finds himself unexpectedly involved both on its ruthless and its delicate side."Falk" shares with one other of my stories ("The Return" in the "Tales of Unrest" volume) the distinction of never having been serialized. I think the copy was shown to the editor of some magazine who rejected it indignantly on the sole ground that "the girl never says anything." This is perfectly true. From first to last Hermann's niece utters no word in the tale -- and it is not because she is dumb, but for the simple reason that whenever she happens to come under the observation of the narrator she has either no occasion or is too profoundly moved to speak. The editor, who obviously had read the story, might have perceived that for himself. Apparently he did not, and I refrained from pointing out the impossibility to him because, since he did not venture to say that "the girl" did not live, I felt no concern at his indignation. All the other stories were serialized. The "Typh...

Médias Livres     Paperback Book   (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé 30 septembre 2020
ISBN13 9798679883109
Pages 76
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 4 mm   ·   113 g
Langue et grammaire Anglais  

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