num_pages: 474
description: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is a 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad, set in the fictitious South American republic of ""Costaguana"". It was originally published serially in two volumes of T.P.'s Weekly.In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Nostromo 47th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. It is frequently regarded as amongst the best of Conrad's long fiction; F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, ""I'd rather have written Nostromo than any other novel.""
language: English
title: Nostromo
titlecomplete: Nostromo
characters: Charles Gould, Martin Decoud, Gian' Battista Fidanza, Mr. Holroyd, Giorgio Viola, Don Jose Avellanos
genres: Fiction, Adventure, English Literature, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 16684
places: South America, Costaguana
publisher: Penguin