Typhoon

Typhoon

by Joseph Conrad

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 — 3 hours, 3 minutes

Typhoon

Typhoon

by Joseph Conrad

Narrated by LibriVox Community

 — 3 hours, 3 minutes

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Overview

Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describes how Captain Macwhirr sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon. Other characters include the young Jukes and Solomon, the head engineer. The novel classically evokes the sea-faring life at the turn of the century. While Macwhirr is emotionally estranged from his family and crew, and though he refuses to consider an alternate course to skirt the typhoon, his indomitable will in the face of a superior natural force elicits grudging admiration. (Summary from Wikipedia)


Editorial Reviews

David Hagberg

If you liked The Perfect Storm, you will be blown away by Typhoon, Conrad's classic tale.
USA Today

From the Publisher

"Conrad is quite simply the master of all who try to reflect the world of the sea in the mirror of the written word....No one has limned more vividly the courage, the skill, the dreams, and terrors of those who set out upon the waters. He is the Captain." -David Poyer, author of The Med.

AUG/SEP 03 - AudioFile

This classic sea yarn of 1903, in which a fairly stupid captain somehow pilots his steamer through a horrendous storm, is remarkable for its evocation of life aboard ship, its quirky eloquence, and its psychological insight. None of these qualities pertain to narrator Brick's reading. He is "phoning it in" here, an unusual defect in this usually excellent young reader. Y.R. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169132656
Publisher: LibriVox
Publication date: 08/25/2014
Sales rank: 991,645
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