The Lagoon
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| Originally published | January 1897 |
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| Authors | Joseph Conrad |
| Genres | Short Story |
| Published in | The Cornhill Magazine |
| Publication type | Magazine |
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| ID | 1176466 |
About The Lagoon
"The Lagoon" is a short story by Joseph Conrad composed in 1896 and first published in Cornhill Magazine in 1897. The story is about a white man, referred to as "Tuan", who is travelling through an Indonesian rainforest and is forced to stop for the night with a distant Malay friend named Arsat.
Florida professor breaks record for time spent living underwater
... Prof Dituri - who also served in the Navy for 28 years - is teaching his biomedical engineering classes online while he lives in The Lagoon, according to the University of South Florida...
Nigeria election 2023: The battle for Lagos
... On the other side of The Lagoon is a new national rail line connecting Lagos with the city of Ibadan via a stop in Abeokuta, and a landmark bridge now leads to the upmarket Lekki Peninsula, where upwardly mobile young Nigerians in the tech sector live in swanky apartments...
Flooded Venice battles new tidal surge
... Mr Conte said the government would accelerate the Mose project - construction of a hydraulic barrier system to protect The Lagoon from rising sea levels and winter storms...
Venice floods: Italy to declare state of emergency over damage
... He said the government would accelerate the building of structural defences for The Lagoon city, referring specifically to the so-called Mose project - a hydraulic barrier system to shut off The Lagoon in the event of rising sea levels and winter storms...
Venice floods: Italian city hit by highest tide in 50 years
... Two people died on the island of Pellestrina, a thin strip of land that separates The Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea...
Scots tourist's hand and wedding ring found inside shark
... It was found just over four miles (7km) from The Lagoon where the man was last seen...
The 'zombie fungus' and the climbing dead
... Mothers and young in The Lagoon will actively seek contact with people for a head scratch or back rub...
Venice bans large cruise ships from the historic centre
... But conservationists say the government s plans are sufficient to prevent, under water erosion and pollution in The Lagoon of the city...