The Rescue
by Joseph Conrad
Taste attributes: adventuredramaromancefresh & originalsimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeGlossy and stirring: an adventure novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
Of the three long novels of mine which suffered an interruption, "The Rescue" was the one that had to wait the longest for the good pleasure of the Fates. I am betraying no secret when I state here that it had to wait precisely for twenty years.
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- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- Published
- 1920
- Pages
- 416
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- Open Library
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