Chance by Joseph Conrad audiobook.

Genre: drama

In Chance, Joseph Conrad turns his maritime world into a tense study of reputation, power, and the precariousness of love. The story is framed by Marlow, who pieces together the fate of Flora de Barral, a young woman left socially stranded after her financier father is disgraced. With few allies and many watchers, Flora becomes vulnerable to exploitation and rumor in a society that treats a woman's future as a negotiable commodity. Her path crosses Captain Roderick Anthony, a principled seaman whose blunt integrity draws him into a conflict he only half understands, and whose ship becomes both refuge and pressure cooker. Around them swirl men who interpret events through pride, jealousy, self-interest, and a desire to control the narrative: protectors who may also be possessors, friends who may become adversaries. Moving between drawing rooms, docks, and the claustrophobic quarters of a vessel at sea, Conrad builds a suspenseful moral drama about what people will sacrifice for security, what they will invent to preserve face, and how a single misjudgment can set lives on a dangerous course.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:39:36) Chapter 02

(00:55:00) Chapter 03

(01:28:09) Chapter 04

(01:54:29) Chapter 05

(02:34:59) Chapter 06

(02:52:46) Chapter 07

(03:14:22) Chapter 08

(03:44:14) Chapter 09

(04:03:03) Chapter 10

(04:32:04) Chapter 11

(04:56:07) Chapter 12

(05:33:18) Chapter 13

(05:55:29) Chapter 14

(06:27:40) Chapter 15

(07:12:24) Chapter 16

(07:37:26) Chapter 17

(08:04:16) Chapter 18

(08:29:44) Chapter 19

(08:46:42) Chapter 20

(09:14:10) Chapter 21

(09:38:17) Chapter 22

(10:23:00) Chapter 23

(10:43:52) Chapter 24

(11:03:31) Chapter 25

(11:16:09) Chapter 26

(11:42:10) Chapter 27

(12:04:36) Chapter 28

(12:29:31) Chapter 29

(12:44:17) Chapter 30

(13:09:46) Chapter 31

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