The Arrow of Gold: A Novel

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

During the Third Carlist War in Spain, a naïve, unnamed narrator becomes caught in a love triangle with the beautiful Dona Rita and Captain Blunt, a veteran of the American Civil War.

Having joined the forces of the pretender to the Spanish throne, the inexperienced narrator is persuaded to undertake dangerous missions in aid of the cause, only to fall hopelessly in love with the financier of the expeditions, Dona Rita.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443445764
Publisher:	HarperCollins Canada
Publication date:	06/09/2015
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	218
File size:	434 KB

About the Author

Polish author Joseph Conrad is considered to be one of the greatest English-language novelists, a remarkable achievement considering English was not his first language. Conrad’s literary works often featured a nautical setting, reflecting the influences of his early career in the Merchant Navy, and his depictions of the struggles of the human spirit in a cold, indifferent world are best exemplified in such seminal works as Heart of Darkness, Lord JimM, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Regarded as a forerunner of modernist literature, Conrad’s writing style and characters have influenced such distinguished writers as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, and George Orwell, among many others. Many of Conrad’s novels have been adapted for film, most notably Heart of Darkness, which served as the inspiration and foundation for Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France