Typhoon and other tales / Joseph Conrad ; edited with an introduction and notes by Cedric Watts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conrad, Joseph, author.

Contributor:

Watts, Cedric, editor.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea stories, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

TYPHOON * FALK * AMY FOSTER *THE SECRET SHARERThe four tales in this volume share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland, the country of his birth. 'Typhoon' is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by tempest, and of the stolid captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit. In 'Falk' a taciturn young woman is bizarrely courted by a tug-boat master who is haunted by a terrible secret. 'Amy Foster' tells of an emigrant Pole struggling to overcome isolation and prejudice in England. The final tale, 'The Secret Sharer', is Conrad's most famous

Contents:

Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Joseph Conrad; TYPHOON; FALK: A REMINISCENCE; AMY FOSTER; THE SECRET SHARER: AN EPISODE FROM THE COAST; Extract from the 'Author's Note' (1919); Explanatory Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-198979-7

0-19-150436-X

0-19-164677-6

OCLC:

1119627786