[Next project] Chance by Joseph Conrad

[Szymon Szott]

Hi!

I’d like to proceed with the next book from Conrad’s bibliography:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1476
https://archive.org/details/cu31924060276973
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_(Conrad_novel)
https://github.com/SzymonSzott/joseph-conrad_chance

The 1926 scans have an author's note, which PG omits; I'll add that.

Best,
Szymon

[Alex Cabal]

OK, Lukas will manage with David reviewing.

On 2/1/26 1:40 AM, Szymon Szott wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I’d like to proceed with the next book from Conrad’s bibliography:

> https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1476 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/1476>
> https://archive.org/details/cu31924060276973 <https://archive.org/
> details/cu31924060276973>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_(Conrad_novel) <https://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_(Conrad_novel)>
> https://github.com/SzymonSzott/joseph-conrad_chance <https://github.com/
> SzymonSzott/joseph-conrad_chance>

>
> The 1926 scans have an author's note, which PG omits; I'll add that.
>
> Best,
> Szymon
>

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[Szymon Szott]

Lukas, 

I have four cases where I'm not 100% sure to do:

1. by means of a door marked <i>Private</i>
2. he could read <i>Charles Powell</i> written very plain on the parchment
3. door with the words <i>Hotel Entrance</i> on the glass panels
4. The word THRIFT perched right up on the roof in giant gilt letters [previous sentences indicate this is part of the store's name]

In the last case, the step-by-step guide says to use lowercase and <b> which is "for unsemantic small caps, like in storefront signs." I guess that holds also for 1 and 3 (even if the publisher was inconsistent). What about case 2? Should I change italics to quotes?

Thank you,
Szymon

[Lukas Bystricky]

I think you're correct that 1, 3, and 4 can use small caps. For 2, I think you can use quotes instead of italics (flag as an editorial commit). 

[Alex Cabal]

Also note that in cases where you could see replacing italics with scare quotes as equivalent, like these we examples, then <q> styled with italics is also an option

[Szymon Szott]

Lukas,

I've finally finished proofreading and I have cover proposals, suggestions are of course most welcome:

1. Woman by the Seaside https://www.nga.gov/artworks/52262-woman-seaside

A woman is the main protagonist of the novel and there is an important scene by the seaside, so this fits. Initially, I was hoping to find a "woman on ship" painting but unfortunately I couldn't find any. 

2. The Junction of the Thames and the Medway https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1226-junction-thames-and-medway

You can't go wrong when matching Conrad with a Turner. The connection here would be the Thames, where part of the action of Chance takes place.

3. Woman With a Parasol https://standardebooks.org/artworks/claude-monet/woman-with-a-parasol

The protagonist does have a parasol in one scene, but the boy would have to be cropped out.

4. Summer Day https://standardebooks.org/artworks/frank-weston-benson/summer-day

This one fits thematically, although we'd need to crop a single woman for the cover.

Best,
Szymon

[Lukas Bystricky]

Those all look good to me! Let me know which one you choose. 

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[Szymon Szott]

Thanks, Lukas! I've decided we need to emphasize the woman protagonist. After experimenting with several mock-ups, I like this one the best:
https://ibb.co/PsVhmTjh

Would this be an acceptable crop?