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... Nostromo is a political novel in the profoundest meaning of the word and this is the index of Conrad's achievement - it may stand as a picture of the modern world in microcosm . In it , with the utmost plausibility , he invents a whole ...
... Nostromo is a political novel in the profoundest meaning of the word and this is the index of Conrad's achievement - it may stand as a picture of the modern world in microcosm . In it , with the utmost plausibility , he invents a whole ...
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... Nostromo , the Magnificent Capataz , the Man of the People , the heroic leader possessed by the sense of glory , is per- verted by the silver and in the end comes to his death through it . It has been suggested that the characters of ...
... Nostromo , the Magnificent Capataz , the Man of the People , the heroic leader possessed by the sense of glory , is per- verted by the silver and in the end comes to his death through it . It has been suggested that the characters of ...
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... Nostromo . Just before Decoud , in the passage quoted above , has noted that Nostromo has been made incorruptible by his enormous vanity , the Man of the People has assured him that ' silver is an incorruptible metal that can be trusted ...
... Nostromo . Just before Decoud , in the passage quoted above , has noted that Nostromo has been made incorruptible by his enormous vanity , the Man of the People has assured him that ' silver is an incorruptible metal that can be trusted ...
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