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  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad, Jim Roberts, Jimcin Recordings

    Audiobook (Jimcin Recordings, April 3, 2009)
    Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist. His stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe.
  • Typhoon by Joseph Conrad, Fiction, Classics

    Joseph Conrad

    Hardcover (Wildside Press, May 1, 2003)
    The novella classically evokes the seafaring life at the turn of the century. Captain MacWhirr, of the steamer _Nan-Shan,_ had a physiognomy that, in the order of material appearances, was the exact counterpart of his mind: it presented no marked characteristics of firmness or stupidity; it had no pronounced characteristics whatever; it was simply ordinary, irresponsive, and unruffled. The only thing his aspect might have been said to suggest, at times, was bashfulness; because he would sit, in business offices ashore, sunburned and smiling faintly, with downcast eyes. Having just enough imagination to carry him through each successive day, and no more, he was tranquilly sure of himself; and from the very same cause he was not in the least conceited. It is your imaginative superior who is touchy, overbearing, and difficult to please; but every ship Captain MacWhirr commanded was the floating abode of harmony and peace. It was, in truth, as impossible for him to take a flight of fancy as it would be for a watchmaker to put together a chronometer with nothing except a two-pound hammer and a whip-saw in the way of tools. Yet the uninteresting lives of men so entirely given to the actuality of the bare existence have their mysterious side. It was impossible in Captain MacWhirr's case, for instance, to understand what under heaven could have induced that perfectly satisfactory son of a petty grocer in Belfast to run away to sea. . . .
  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad

    language (Digireads.com, April 1, 2004)
    Typhoon [with Biographical Introduction]
  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad

    language (Digireads.com, April 1, 2004)
    Typhoon [with Biographical Introduction]
  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad

    language (Digireads.com, April 1, 2004)
    Typhoon [with Biographical Introduction]
  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad

    language (Digireads.com, April 1, 2004)
    Typhoon [with Biographical Introduction]
  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad

    language (Digireads.com, April 1, 2004)
    Typhoon [with Biographical Introduction]
  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad, Dmitrii Rybalko

    language (Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing, May 2, 2018)
    "Typhoon" is a novel that belongs to Joseph Conrad's early works. Like most of his books it talks about the sea, the water element and the man's struggle with it.McVeer, the protagonist, is a captain of a steamer 'Nyan-Shan'. A truly phlegmatic and a prosaic person, he lacks virtually any abstract thinking and imagination. But this is true only at a first glance. A horrific storm sets challenges not only for the captain, who transforms literally in front of the eyes, but also for the entire crew. Will they survive through the ambush of the element? Will the ship stand?Pretty illustrations by Dmitrii Rybalko provide you with new impressions from reading this legendary story.
  • Typhoon: By Joseph Conrad - Illustrated

    Joseph Conrad

    language (, April 9, 2017)
    How is this book unique?Font adjustments & biography includedUnabridged (100% Original content)IllustratedAbout Typhoon by Joseph ConradTyphoon is a novella by Joseph Conrad.Typhoon is 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. The author of the mentioned book - an American journalist - did not reveal in her book any further details. Joseph Conrad himself described it as a "recent and much-discussed incident". The "Typhoon" describes 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.
  • Typhoon : By Joseph Conrad - Illustrated

    Joseph Conrad

    language (, Dec. 7, 2017)
    How is this book unique? Illustrations includedOriginal & Unabridged EditionOne of the best books to readClassic historical fiction booksExtremely well formattedTyphoon is a novella by Joseph Conrad.Typhoon is 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. The author of the mentioned book - an American journalist - did not reveal in her book any further details. Joseph Conrad himself described it as a "recent and much-discussed incident". The "Typhoon" describes 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.
  • Typhoon by Joseph Conrad - Delphi Classics

    Joseph Conrad, Delphi Classics

    language (Delphi Classics, Feb. 7, 2019)
    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Typhoon’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Conrad includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.eBook features:* The complete unabridged text of ‘Typhoon’* Beautifully illustrated with images related to Conrad’s works* Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook* Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
  • Typhoon

    Joseph Conrad

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 23, 2016)
    This novel is about one unremarkable steamship captain, pitted against a typhoon of incredible fury. Captain Macwhirr is the captain of the Nan-shan. He has a reputation as a solid, steadfast man. So, when multiple clues start pointing to trouble ahead and his second-in-chief cautions him, he is only moderately concerned and unwilling to change course and lose precious time and money - a decision that may prove fatal for him and his two hundred Chinese workers...