The Point Of Honor: A Military Tale by Joseph Conrad
"The Point Of Honor: A Military Tale" by Joseph Conrad is a work of short fiction first published in 1908. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, it follows two French cavalry officers—the mild-mannered d'Hubert and the fiery Feraud—whose chance encounter in Strasbourg sparks an obsessive sixteen-year rivalry. Through successive duels spanning bloody military campaigns, Feraud relentlessly pursues d'Hubert, transforming a trivial misunderstanding into a near-legendary conflict. This tale explores honor, egoism, and absurd
fate against the backdrop of Europe's monumental upheavals. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 |
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| Illustrator | Groesbeck, Dan Sayre, 1878-1950 |
| Title | The Point Of Honor: A Military Tale |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duel_(short_story) |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 17620 |
| Release Date | Jan 29, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 25, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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