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Typhoon And Other Stories

Autor Joseph Conrad
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 26 sep 1991
In these three sea stories, based on his own experience, the author invests his portraits of mundane steamers and their crews with epic qualities of fortitude and courage in the face of overwhelming natural odds.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781857150049
ISBN-10: 185715004X
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 128 x 211 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Puffin Classics
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Joseph Conrad was born Polish but became one of the foremost English language authors, known for modernist fiction that delves into complex issues of morality, idealism, and security. Much of his work is largely based on his experiences as a sailor in the British Merchant Service. Heart of Darkness was drawn from his psychologically and physically traumatic experience as a steamboat captain recorded in his Congo Diaries. Other popular works include Popular works include Lord Jim, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, and Victory.

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Contains four stories, written between 1900 and 1902. One of them reveals the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival; and the other contains 'land-stories' that explore the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England and in the other, the plight of a woman.