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Chance

by Joseph Conrad · 1913

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Chance was Conrad's first commercial success after nearly twenty years as a writer, & his first novel to have a happy ending. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, the abandoned daughter of a bankrupt tycoon, & her long struggle to find happiness & dignity.

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adult
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medium · 272 pages

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