Typhoon and Other Stories
by Conrad, Joseph
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked
- Seller
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
In these four stories, written between 1900 and 1902, Joseph Conrad bid gradual farewell to his adventurous life at sea and began to confront the more daunting complexities of life on land in the twentieth century. In 'Typhoon' Conrad reveals, in the steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate, the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival. 'Falk', the companion sea-story, contrasts, as Conrad once put it, 'common sentimentalism with the frank standpoint of a more or less primitive man', a man with a conscience, however, about the girl he desires. In one of the 'land-stories' Conrad explores the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England; in the other, the plight of a woman ironically trapped by the unwitting alliance of two retired widowers - each blind in his own way.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- cn-53aa
- Title
- Typhoon and Other Stories
- Author
- Conrad, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Green hardback cloth cover
- Book Condition
- Used - G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Fiction
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