Captain Tom Lingard, en route to assist with recapturing a friends stolen land, is waylaid by a distress call from a yacht stranded at The Shore of Refuge. But when Lingard falls in love with Mrs. Travers, one of the yachts passengers, his attempts to help both those on the marooned boat and his friends come to a tragic end.

Although published last, The Rescue is chronologically the first title in Joseph Conrads Lingard Trilogy, preceding the events of Almayers Folly and An Outcast of the Islands.

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