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Language: English
Author(s): Joseph Conrad,
Genre(s): Fictional Biographies & Memoirs,
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Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific. After retreating from society in response to his professional failures, the misanthrope is drawn back by a romantic affair. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)