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Amy Foster

By Joseph , Conrad

Book information

Publisher
Start Classics
Year
2012
ISBN
978-1-63355-079-7, 1633550796
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1173349 bytes)
Series
Start classics
Pages
\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Young women -- England -- Fiction.

Description

The story of a dull-witted but compassionate English girl who falls in love with a strange man from Eastern Europe. This ignorant, wild, and romantic peasant from the Carpathian Mountains has been cast up by the sea, the only survivor from an emigrant ship bound for America. Unable to speak a word of English and totally mystified as to where he is--it might have been America or Hell, itself--he leads a wretched and hunted existence till the chance kindness of Amy Foster opens his eyes. Read more... Abstract: The story of a dull-witted but compassionate English girl who falls in love with a strange man from Eastern Europe. This ignorant, wild, and romantic peasant from the Carpathian Mountains has been cast up by the sea, the only survivor from an emigrant ship bound for America. Unable to speak a word of English and totally mystified as to where he is--it might have been America or Hell, itself--he leads a wretched and hunted existence till the chance kindness of Amy Foster opens his eyes

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