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Chance
章节(16)
- Epigraph 0:00
- Dedication 0:11
- Author’s Note 0:23
- Part I: The Damsel: I: Young Powell and His Chance 8:03
- II: The Fynes and the Girlfriend 1:08:57
- III: Thrift—and the Child 2:14:04
- IV: The Governess 3:18:49
- V: The Tea-Party 4:37:41
- VI: Flora 5:37:13
- VII: On the Pavement 6:44:09
- Part II: The Knight: I: The Ferndale 8:41:46
- II: Young Powell Sees and Hears 9:11:35
- III: Devoted Servants—and the Light of a Flare 9:57:56
- IV: Anthony and Flora 10:55:27
- V: The Great de Barral 11:44:39
- VI: … a Moonless Night, Thick with Stars Above, Very Dark on the Water 13:34:36
Flora de Barral is the daughter of a successful banker. When he’s tried and convicted of fraud, her prosperous life turns miserable. While on the brink of suicide, she meets an older sea captain and marries him as a means of escape. Her dramatic life is recounted by several characters, but mainly by Marlow, Conrad’s favorite recurring narrator.
Chance, serialized in 1912 and published as a book the following year, is Conrad’s only novel with a female protagonist. It was also his first commercially successful novel, despite its complex narrative structure.