Nostromo - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Joseph Conrad, Frank Muller (Narrator) A story of revolution, politics, and racial conflicts as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself. Heading the Gould Concession, the imperialistic silver mine, which runs the country's economy, is the somewhat idealistic Englishman Charles Gould, and his American financier, Holroyd, who sees the slave economy as a higher ... more »form of social Darwinism, "a pure form of Christianity." Opposing Gould is the cynical Frenchman, who claims to belive in nothing but "the truth of his sensations."
Set in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, this work is an illustration of the impact of foreign exploitation on a developing nation. As Sulaco, site of an English/American controlled silver mine establishes its independence, its ideals are inevitably compromised.
Unabridged; read by Frank Muller. 14 CDs., 15 hrs., 45 mins.« less