TY - BOOK AU - Conrad,Joseph TI - Amy Foster AV - PR PY - 2006/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Man-woman relationships -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Foster; Release date is 2006-01-09; Produced by Judith Boss and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad is a short story written in 1901. A shipwrecked emigrant from Central Europe washes ashore in England, where terrified locals reject him as a madman because he speaks no English. Eventually given shelter, Yanko Goorall learns some English and marries Amy Foster, a servant who showed him kindness. But cultural differences haunt their relationship, and Amy remains disturbed by his foreign language and customs. When fever strikes Yanko, a tragic misunderstanding unfolds that reveals the devastating cost of isolation and failed communication. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/495 ER -