Book Cover of The Rescue

The Rescue

by Joseph Conrad

The Rescue, A Romance of the Shallows (1920) is one of Joseph Conrad's works contained in what is now sometimes called the Lingard Trilogy, a group of novels based on Conrad's experience as mate on the steamer Vidar. Although it was the last of the three novels to be published, after Almayer's Folly (1895) and An Outcast of the Islands (1896), the events related in the novel precede those. The story follows Captain Tom Lingard, the recurring protagonist of The Lingard Trilogy, who was on his way to help a native friend regain his land when he falls in love with a married woman whose yacht he saves from foundering.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1920

Authors

Joseph Conrad image

Joseph Conrad

Poland, England

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English flu...

Books by Joseph Conrad

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

El Dorado Cover image

El Dorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

El Dorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notab...

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 9 Cover image

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 9 by Samuel Richardson

Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady is a sprawling, complex novel that chronicles the tragic life of Clarissa Harlowe, a young woman from...

Beyond These Voices Cover image

Beyond These Voices by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Beyond these voices, there is a mystery waiting to be solved. Helen is a young woman who is haunted by voices. She hears them everywhere she goes, an...

Kellys and the O'Kellys Cover image

Kellys and the O'Kellys by Anthony Trollope

Set in rural County Roscommon, Ireland, *Kellys and the O'Kellys* is a tale of intertwined families, tangled relationships, and social complexities. T...

The Pirate Cover image

The Pirate by Sir Walter Scott

It tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman who becomes embroiled in the dangerous and exciting world of piracy in the late 17th century. Written...

That Lass o' Lowrie's Cover image

That Lass o' Lowrie's by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Set in a Lancashire mining town during the Victorian Era, 'That Lass o' Lowrie's' explores the stark realities of working-class life amidst the backdr...

Pijpelijntjes Cover image

Pijpelijntjes by Jacob Israël de Haan

Pijpelijntjes is a novel set in the early 20th century in the working-class neighborhood of De Pijp in Amsterdam. It tells the story of Joop and Sam,...

Pauline Cover image

Pauline by Pansy (Isabella Macdonald Alden)

It explores the lives of young women in the late 19th century. The book follows the story of its titular character, Pauline, as she navigates the chal...

The Scarecrow of Oz Cover image

The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Published in 1915, The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book in the Oz book series and focuses on the adventures of Cap’n Bill, Trot, and the Scarecrow, w...

Nicholas Nickleby Cover image

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Nicholas Nickleby follows the titular character, a young man thrust into poverty after his father's death. Forced to rely on his wealthy uncle, he is...

Reviews for The Rescue

No reviews posted or approved, yet...