Typhoon - 9781546312949

Full text. A classic sea yarn, possibly based upon Conrad's actual experience of seaman's life, and probably on a real incident aboard of the steamer John P. Best. This must-have novella narrates how Captain MacWhirr sails the s/s Nan-Shan, a British-built steamer running under the Siamese flag, into a typhoon-a mature tropical cyclone of the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. Other characters include the young Jukes - most probably an alter ego of Conrad from the time he had sailed under captain John McWhirr - and Solomon Rout, the chief engineer. The novella classically evokes the seafaring life at the turn of the century. While Macwhirr, who, according to Conrad, "never walked on this Earth" - 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.

• | Author: Joseph Conrad
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 126 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1546312943
• | ISBN-13: 9781546312949