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Typhoon and Other Stories

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Availability:In StockContributor:Joseph Conrad, J. H. Stape (Editor), J. H. Stape (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:12/18/2007Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780141441955ISBN-10:014144195XUPC:9780141441955Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Short Stories (single author), Action & AdventureSize:7.84 x 6.55 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC0HE1BBQJ
A Penguin Classics edition of "Typhoon," "Amy Foster," "Falk," and "Tomorrow"

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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780141441955ISBN-10:014144195XUPC:9780141441955Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Short Stories (single author), Action & AdventureSize:7.84 x 6.55 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC0HE1BBQJ
Joseph Conrad (originally Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1896 he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924. Today Conrad is generally regarded as one of the greatest writers of fiction in English--his third language.
Publisher: Penguin Classics

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