CONRAD, J.: Nostromo (Unabridged)

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Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. PART I: Chapter 1 - 05:14
2. These, then are the legendary inhabitants… - 05:48
3. Chapter 2 - 06:10
4. He had to lower these gentlemen at the end of a rope… - 06:18
5. Chapter 3 - 05:32
6. In a pause of stillness… - 05:57
7. Chapter 4 - 05:43
8. It was pain; she suppressed the twinge. - 06:10
9. Linda pouted, advancing her red lips… - 06:27
10. The spirit of self-forgetfulness, the simple devotion… - 04:06
11. Chapter 5 - 05:50
12. What concerned him most at the time… - 06:04
13. Sir John arrived too late to hear the magnificent… - 06:16

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Chapter 6 - 05:15
2. She was always sorry for homesick people. - 05:57
3. 'My dear, you seem to forget that I was born here.' - 06:23
4. And for many years this was the last of the San Tome mine. - 05:01
5. For a moment, biting her carmine lip… - 06:09
6. He thought of it every day… - 05:11
7. She was the first person to whom… - 05:40
8. They turned back, and after she had slipped… - 05:22
9. The latest phase in the history of the mine… - 05:15
10. A fringed Indian hammock from Aroa… - 04:56
11. 'A man must work to some end,'… - 05:02
12. These two young people remembered the life… - 05:23
13. 'The Costaguana Government shall play its hand… ' - 05:49

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Thus the great personage had spoken… - 06:03
2. They had stopped near the cage. - 05:16
3. Chapter 7 - 05:48
4. She bore a whole two months of wandering… - 06:38
5. He took up a paper fan and began to cool himself… - 05:29
6. Chapter 8 - 05:02
7. Thus professionally spoke Don Pepe, the fighter… - 04:50
8. And he would tap his ear with the tip of his forefinger… - 04:25
9. And it was not only the men that Don Pepe knew… - 05:27
10. To Charles Gould's fancy it seemed that the sound… - 05:12
11. Hernandez, the robber, had been an inoffensive… - 04:48
12. Mrs. Gould's ride with the first silver escort to Sulaco… - 05:32
13. The reception of the first consignment of San Tome silver… - 04:04
14. The string of padlocked carts lengthened… - 03:23

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. No wonder, then, that Sir John, coming from Europe… - 04:01
2. The Excellentissimo was on his legs. - 05:20
3. An enormous national flag of Costaguana… - 05:13
4. He smiled ruggedly, with a running together… - 05:57
5. The man fell back… - 03:30
6. Laughs were heard at her anger… - 04:01
7. PART II: Chapter 1 - 06:02
8. Always an army chaplain… - 06:33
9. In the afternoon the news of that vote had reached Sulaco… - 05:05
10. Chapter 2 - 06:41
11. Never before, perhaps, had Hernandez's head… - 05:52
12. Chapter 3 - 05:32
13. This letter, in Antonia's handwriting… - 06:23
14. 'I am inexpressibly grateful for your welcome…" - 04:14

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Chapter 4 - 05:33
2. After the triumph of the Ribierists… - 05:28
3. Mrs. Gould smiled a good-bye at Barrios… - 05:16
4. 'It's a delightful surprise to see you, Mrs. Gould… ' - 04:42
5. 'And so very wise for his age,' retorted Decoud. - 03:23
6. Chapter 5 - 05:24
7. Martin Decoud was angry with himself. - 04:32
8. The people returning from the harbour… - 05:24
9. Even that declaration did not make her look at him. - 05:22
10. 'We Occidentals,' said Martin Decoud… - 05:23
11. He was surprised at the warmth of his own utterance. - 05:12
12. He paused, then muttered almost inaudibly… - 05:09
13. The tide of political speculation was beating high… - 04:23
14. It was known that Father Corbelan had come… - 04:52

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Father Corbelan had remained quite motionless… - 05:07
2. 'Come, brother,' he said… - 05:13
3. 'I assure you, Senor Hirsch,' murmured Charles Gould… - 05:23
4. 'What does he want to keep so much…' - 03:05
5. Chapter 6 - 05:09
6. He confronted his wife with a firm… - 05:17
7. Decoud, exchanging a steady stare with Mrs. Gould… - 05:09
8. Mrs. Gould gave no sign of being offended. - 05:12
9. 'Why don't you say all this to my husband?' - 05:31
10. 'Perhaps he prizes it for its own sake,' Mrs. Gould said… - 03:05
11. Chapter 7 - 06:08
12. 'I didn't learn till later in the afternoon…' - 05:05
13. After having written so far… - 06:11
14. You mean Nostromo?' said Decoud. - 06:34

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. 'I walked up to the table blindly…' - 05:03
2. '"What are they doing in there?" she asked. - 05:17
3. '"And here, in this boudoir," I said…' - 05:05
4. 'This is why, my dear girl, I am a fugitive to-night.' - 05:47
5. 'The incorruptible Capataz de Cargadores is the man…' - 05:45
6. 'I am waiting for him here now.' - 05:17
7. 'Is she really dying, senor doctor?' - 05:51
8. Old Giorgio, in profound ignorance of his wife's views… - 05:07
9. 'Leave my soul alone, Padrona…' - 05:07
10. 'It is as if I were taking up a curse upon me, senor doctor.' - 05:10
11. It was a new experience for Decoud… - 06:17
12. 'No, you needn't explain,' said Decoud… - 05:15
13. Decoud lay on the silver boxes panting. - 03:54
14. A small flame appeared burning quite straight. - 04:07

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Chapter 8 - 05:40
2. The mere presence of a coward, however passive… - 05:11
3. Nostromo ceased chirruping at once. - 05:38
4. He moved about as warily as a cat. - 05:19
5. The last words he hissed into Decoud's ear - 05:31
6. Sotillo, as Nostromo had surmised, was in command… - 05:39
7. Sotillo's ideas did not soar above the care… - 05:25
8. Sotillo, on the bridge, muttered from time to time… - 05:24
9. Hirsch, when ordered forward by Nostromo… - 05:17
10. There was certainly something almost miraculous… - 05:21
11. There was nothing for Decoud… - 05:10
12. Nostromo detected the ironic tone. - 06:22
13. PART III: Chapter 1 - 06:11

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Charles Gould rode on… - 05:15
2. It was not from any liking for the doctor… - 05:34
3. The chief engineer pulled out his watch. - 05:38
4. Slow, heavy footsteps moved across the planks… - 03:45
5. 'The man has proved his trustworthiness…' - 03:39
6. Chapter 2 - 06:34
7. In this Captain Mitchell was right. - 06:29
8. Sotillo had taken up his quarters on the upper floor… - 05:43
9. 'The watch! The watch!' raved the colonel… - 05:25
10. Sotillo, too, had time to cool down. - 06:31
11. 'How in the name of all that's marvellous…' - 07:36
12. Chapter 3 - 05:06
13. 'Had you?'muttered Captain Mitchell. - 05:06

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. The peculiar dawn of Sulaco… - 05:20
2. Since his arrival in Sulaco the colonel's ideas… - 05:03
3. The horseman had gone on with only a glance… - 06:27
4. 'Drive carefully,' cried Mrs. Gould in a tremulous voice. - 05:53
5. At the turn of the road the glare of a big fire… - 05:44
6. Chapter 4 - 05:55
7. Down below in the patio… - 05:15
8. The doctor, arriving with his sharp, jerky walk… - 05:42
9. Their dread of the raving tyrant translated itself… - 05:59
10. Dr. Monygham had become, in a manner… - 05:18
11. Mrs. Gould, her colour heightened… - 05:50
12. Mrs. Gould watched his abstraction with dread. - 03:41
13. 'He was afraid to start back on account of Hernandez…' - 03:53

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Chapter 5 - 06:12
2. Thus at first sight the agent of the Gould Concession… - 03:57
3. Pedro Montero, the brother of the general… - 09:19
4. Pedrito Montero looked with disgust… - 04:44
5. Chapter 6 - 05:48
6. Father Roman expressed in a few words his thankfulness… - 06:21
7. 'Listen, Padre.' - 03:54
8. Chapter 7 - 05:09
9. Pedrito Montero surprised one at first sight… - 05:15
10. 'Ah! You are back at last!' - 04:58
11. 'Certainly not that last,' Charles Gould declared… - 04:50
12. Chapter 8 - 05:02
13. The darkness of the sky had descended… - 05:45
14. 'There is no mistake.' - 05:32

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Bareheaded, in a thin shirt and drawers… - 05:38
2. The whole enormous ruined barrack of a place… - 05:18
3. Already the doctor had left him. - 05:46
4. The Capataz was heard striking the table with his fist. - 06:18
5. 'It will be necessary to take him into…' - 05:17
6. He went on to develop his view of Sotillo's… - 04:44
7. Nostromo had listened with profound attention. - 04:22
8. Chapter 9 - 06:44
9. But as soon as the other had shut after him the door… - 05:11
10. He felt a reluctance… - 05:21
11. A slight quiver passed up the taut rope… - 05:30
12. Below, the troops fell in silently and moved off… - 04:23
13. The doctor swallowed with difficulty. - 04:42

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Nostromo's prolonged silence made the doctor uneasy. - 05:18
2. A low exclamation had escaped Nostromo. - 05:08
3. He bounded downwards into the black, smoky hall. - 05:45
4. Nostromo released him abruptly… - 05:09
5. Nostromo heard him stir… - 05:15
6. 'You have returned,' he said, with shaky dignity. - 06:55
7. Chapter 10 - 06:22
8. And all day Captain Mitchell would talk like this… - 05:56
9. And the lunch would begin and terminate… - 05:20
10. 'The equestrian statue that used to stand…' - 06:03
11. Captain Mitchell stopped for a while. - 05:15
12. 'Abominable Pedrito!…' - 05:02
13. Nostromo had, indeed, found the lighter's boat… - 05:27

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Streaming from head to foot… - 05:36
2. In the face of the open gulf… - 05:52
3. Not a living being… - 05:37
4. The dawn from behind the mountains… - 06:10
5. Chapter 11 - 05:30
6. The doctor dropped into a chair. - 05:10
7. When all were seated again… - 05:31
8. 'It is about Nostromo that I wanted to talk to you.' - 05:19
9. 'Just a mozo of the town.' - 05:30
10. Mrs. Gould sat up, opening her eyes very wide. - 05:20
11. In profound silence, and glaring viciously… - 05:09
12. Chapter 12 - 05:35
13. The incomparable Nostromo, the Capataz… - 04:09
14. Captain Fidanza, unpicturesque… - 05:17

Nostromo (Unabridged) (more info)
Joseph Conrad,
Nigel Anthony, reader


1. Directly his schooner was anchored… - 05:16
2. And Linda, his best-loved daughter… - 05:32
3. 'And between you three you have brought me here…' - 05:23
4. The dusk let him see yet the tender… - 05:43
5. She disengaged herself gently. - 05:08
6. The heroic Garibaldino… - 04:23
7. Chapter 13 - 05:33
8. Ever since that Sunday… - 05:18
9. 'What folly!' answered the other… - 05:10
10. 'I have shot Ramirez - infame!' - 05:57
11. 'Me?' whispered Mrs. Gould, shrinking a little. - 05:29
12. But he did not say by whom or by what… - 05:16
13. 'Console yourself, child.' - 05:27
14. The old man smiled under his thick moustache. - 05:26

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