Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Joseph Conrad provide a detailed explanation of the inspirational origins of his novel. There he relates how, as a young man of about 17 while serving aboard a ship in Gulf of Mexico. It was originally published serially in two volumes of T.P.'s Weekly. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Nostromo 47th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It is frequently regarde...