When the swindling financier de Barral goes to prison, his daughter Flora is left at the mercy of those around her, from a cruel governess to grudging relatives. Captain Anthony of the Ferndale takes her to sea as his wife, with her father soon to join them. Marlow and young Powell reconstruct the story from scraps, gossip and memory.
The 1913 novel that finally brought Conrad popular success, as much about the land as the sea. Download the free EPUB.