Nostromo (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jósef Teodor Konrad Na& Korzeniowski
- First Published: 1904
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Costaguana, on the northern coast of South America
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Revolutionaries, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Corruption, Mines, miners, or mining, Sea or seafaring life, South America or South Americans
- Locales: South America
Characters Discussed
Nostromo (nos-TROH-moh), the nickname of Gian’ Battista (bah- TEES-tah), the “incorruptible” hero of the people who saved a valuable cargo of silver from revolutionists by hiding it on a barren island at the harbor entrance. Later, he realizes that it can be his because the lighter on which he transported the silver is reported sunk in a collision with a troopship at night. He grows rich slowly, by returning to the island occasionally for some of the silver. When a lighthouse is established on the island, he is still able to visit his hoard of silver...
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