一F.R.利维斯在《伟大的传统》中把康拉德的长篇小说《诺斯托罗莫》誉为“一部名副其实的创造性杰作”。小说以南美小国科斯塔瓜纳为故事发生地,这个小国6年中更替了四个政府,是“一个以压迫、无能、愚蠢、背信弃义以及野蛮暴力而著称于世的国家。”故事情节围绕着对桑·托梅银矿的开发和争夺展开,故事中的主人公也随之进行着 F. F. Levis in Conrad’s Conservatory’s novel “Nostromo” as “a truly creative masterpiece.” The novel takes Costantown, a small South American country, as the site of the story, a small country that has replaced four of its six years with “a nation known for its oppression, incompetence, foolishness, perfidy and barbaric violence.” "Storyline Focusing on the development and scramble for Sang Thomey silver mine, the protagonists in the story also followed