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Part 1, Chapter 1

• The story begins in Sulaco, a seaside port in the fictional country of Costaguana.

• Some Americans discover a hidden silver mine but they soon disappear.
• Conrad describes the area including a small group of islands called the Isabels.

• The Isabels are uninhabited and remote, but not far from Sulaco's habor.

Part 1, Chapter 2

• Joseph Mitchell recounts the time he once saved President Ribiera.

• Nostromo enters Mitchell's conversation. He is an Italian sailor who now works as a foreman on the docks.

Part 1, Chapter 3

• The hotel owner Giorgo Viola and his family are stuck in their hotel while a mob riots outside.

• Giogio's wife prays that Nostromo will come and save them.

• The family overhears the mob discussing whether they should burn down the hotel.

Part 1, Chapter 4

• Nostromo arrives at the hotel and prevents the riot from going any further

• The author goes into more detail about Viola's...

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