Nostromo
British novelist, 1857–1924.
Nostromo is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad.
On 4 of the 15 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Joseph Conrad
- First published
- 1904
- Length
- 544 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Political, Empire and colonialism, Adventure
Is Nostromo worth reading?
4 of the 15 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 47 | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 69 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Nostromo
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2007), 544 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2007)
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN
- 9780141441634
How critics and readers rate Nostromo
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 36% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Nostromo
If you liked Nostromo, try Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim or The Grapes of Wrath.
