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A becalmed captain on the Malay coast must choose between a sworn promise to two exiles and a stranded English yacht.
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救出の概要
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- 125,500語
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- 初版刊行年
- 1920by ジョゼフ・コンラッド
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救出 in short
The Rescue follows a proud sea captain who believes he can make a kingdom out of his own will. Tom Lingard has promised two exiled friends that he will win back their country. Then a stranded yacht brings Mr.
What 救出 is about
What would you do if a stranger's boat slid out of the dark and asked for help, just when helping him could wreck everything you have built? That is the choice facing Captain Tom Lingard in The Rescue, a sea story by Joseph Conrad. The book opens on a dead calm in the Carimata Straits, where Lingard's fast little brig, the Lightning, sits motionless while a silent boat creeps toward her.
Conrad began the novel in the 1890s, set it aside for twenty years, and resumed it in 1918. You get a story of honor against desire, set among the shallow seas of the Malay Archipelago, where a promise to two exiled friends meets a woman of rare spirit.
対象読者. Readers who love sea stories, far islands and tides, and men torn between a sworn word and a new love. It suits anyone drawn to Conrad and to moral dilemmas.
The story in 10 parts
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A becalmed brig waits in the dark
The story starts on a windless evening near the island of Carimata. The brig Lightning lies so still that she seems bolted to her own reflection. Her master, Tom Lingard, is a bearded, red-eyed Devon man of about thirty-five, known across these seas as Red-Eyed Tom.
Lingard loves his ship. She is his kingdom, three hundred and fourteen tons of speed and obedience, and she means freedom and independence to him. He tells himself he cares for nothing living but the brig. His mate, Shaw, is a stout, fussy Englishman in an enormous dirty pith helmet who prefers clear rules. The old serang Wasub keeps the watch with rigid care.
The calm feels like a held breath. Lingard asks again and again whether anything is in sight. He is in a hurry and he is hiding something, though he does not say what. Then a tide rip races past the brig, and a lookout says he hears oars.
A captain who loves his ship and hides his purpose is already half in danger.
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A stranger's gig brings news of a stranded yacht
After dark, a voice drawls out of the night asking what ship that is.
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Lingard keeps Carter and sails for the shallows
Lingard will not let Carter go on to find a gunboat.
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A rescue made long ago bound Lingard to two exiles
The book then steps back to explain why Lingard is here.
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Jorgenson warns him to drop the whole scheme
To win back Wajo, Lingard needs a base and an army.
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Belarab's Settlement and the stranded hulk Emma
Lingard goes to the Settlement and spends six days circling Belarab, who gives nothing away.
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The yacht party meets Lingard face to face
Aboard the yacht, Conrad draws four people with sharp detail.
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Mrs. Travers listens in the dark and agrees to help
That night Lingard rows alone to the yacht and speaks to Mrs. Travers from his small boat below the rail.
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Honor and desire pull Lingard in two directions
The book's central theme is the conflict between a pledged word and a growing love.
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How Conrad uses light, calm and tide to tell it
Conrad tells the story with weather and water as much as with plot.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Tom Lingard Red-Eyed Tom, bold master of the brig Lightning, is set on restoring two exiled friends to their kingdom and prizes his ship above all.
- Hassim Calm, ironic Wajo prince in exile who once saved Lingard's life and now depends on his friend to win back his country.
- Immada Hassim's fiery young sister, who trusts Lingard like a father and fears what his new attachment may cost them.
- Edith Travers The yacht owner's restless wife, who hungers for real feeling and finds it in Lingard's honest, passionate story.
- Mr. d'Alcacer A courteous Spanish traveler with an old sorrow, who watches events keenly and gives Lingard the name Man of Fate.
- Jorgenson Gaunt Norwegian ghost of a former sea captain, who guards Lingard's hidden stores and thinks the whole scheme foolish.
- Carter Cheerful young officer of the yacht, who stumbles on Lingard's secret and gradually becomes his loyal helper.
- Belarab The cautious, skeptical chief of the Shore of Refuge, whose help Lingard needs and whose hesitation slows everything.
How it ends (spoiler)
Jorgenson, distrusting everyone, blows up the Emma as Tengga's raiders and his captives crowd aboard. Hassim, Immada and the attackers are killed, and Jaffir dies after bringing the news. Lingard learns that the ring Jorgenson sent through Mrs. Travers never reached him. He meets her once on the sandbank, forgives her and lets her go. The Lightning sails away with his dream destroyed.
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『救出』についての質問
What is The Rescue by Joseph Conrad about?
It follows Captain Tom Lingard, a trader in the Malay Archipelago, who has sworn to restore two exiled friends to their kingdom. A stranded English yacht and its passengers disrupt his plans and force a hard choice.
When was The Rescue written and why did it take so long?
Conrad began it in the 1890s and set it aside in 1898, doubting his prose. He took it up again around 1918 and published it in 1920, after finishing other major works in between.
Is The Rescue based on a true story?
It is fiction, though set in a real region and period. Conrad drew on his own years as a seaman in the East, and on the history of Malay, Bugis and Dutch rivalry, to give the setting its detail.
Who are Hassim and Immada in The Rescue?
They are brother and sister from Wajo, exiled after a civil war. Lingard saved them during the war, and his promise to restore them to their country drives his whole enterprise.
What is the main message of The Rescue?
The book looks at the pull between a sworn promise and a new love, and asks what honor requires. Conrad also shows how good intentions and confident strength can fail against chance and mistrust.
この版を引用します
Conrad, Joseph. The Rescue. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-rescue.
Conrad, J. (2026). The rescue. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-rescue (Original work published 1920)
Conrad, Joseph. The Rescue. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-rescue.
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author = {Conrad, Joseph},
title = {The Rescue},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1920}
}
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