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Nostromo

Joseph Conrad

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In the port of Sulaco, the San Tome silver mine connects local lives to foreign investment and political upheaval. Charles Gould’s commitment to the mine draws others into its defense. Nostromo, admired for reliability and daring, becomes entangled in the ambitions concentrated around its wealth.

30 sections170,844 wordsAbout 12 h 57 min
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About Nostromo

Silver functions as a practical resource and a promise on which people build incompatible futures. The shifting narrative perspective complicates public reputations, particularly the image of a man everyone assumes can be trusted. Compare the language of progress with the personal obligations and hidden desires generated by protecting the mine and its cargo.

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Follow the different meanings assigned to silver as political ideals and public reputations become bound to material interests.

This reading edition contains 170,844 words in 30 original sections. Read the text online with adjustable type and three colour themes, or keep a printable PDF.

Author: Joseph Conrad. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.

Opening excerpt

“Nostromo” is the most anxiously meditated of the longer novels which belong to the period following upon the publication of the “Typhoon” volume of short stories.

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Contents

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  1. AUTHOR’S NOTE12 min
  2. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER ONE8 min
  3. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER TWO9 min
  4. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER THREE9 min
  5. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER FOUR16 min
  6. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER FIVE14 min
  7. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER SIX60 min
  8. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER SEVEN12 min
  9. PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE — CHAPTER EIGHT52 min
  10. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER ONE13 min
  11. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER TWO9 min
  12. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER THREE12 min
  13. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER FOUR18 min
  14. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER FIVE47 min
  15. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER SIX21 min
  16. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER SEVEN71 min
  17. PART SECOND THE ISABELS — CHAPTER EIGHT49 min
  18. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER ONE22 min
  19. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER TWO29 min
  20. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER THREE27 min
  21. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER FOUR29 min
  22. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER FIVE14 min
  23. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER SIX12 min
  24. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER SEVEN15 min
  25. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER EIGHT37 min
  26. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER NINE45 min
  27. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER TEN44 min
  28. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER ELEVEN26 min
  29. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER TWELVE31 min
  30. PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE — CHAPTER THIRTEEN28 min

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