Typhoon, with eBook

Classic Conrad. Wonderful descriptions of men and their battles with the sea. This was originally published in a collection of Conrad's stories and the audio-book should have preserved that set up, because this makes for a very short disk. This short story is read by Scott Brick, who does a very creditable job conveying the personalities and accents of the characters.

Certainly three of Conrad's finest stories, particularly The Shadow Line. Drawing from his own formidable experience and with his wonderful style, Joseph Conrad truly is a part of the Western literary cannon and a must-read for the educated gentleman of the twenty-first century.......more

"sürüklenip gideceksek, tutunduğumuz yeri bırakmanın ne faydası var?"......more

One would be hard-pressed to find more vivid, compelling descriptive writing than in Conrad's sea stories, especially 'Youth' and its third chapter. I found it unbearably tense, while his character of the ship's dull-witted, stubborn and unimaginative captain - only redeemed by his sense of humanity......more

I received this book as a gift a while back and after placing I ton my bookshelf I forgot about it. A few weeks ago I finally decided to read it for two reasons. First, because of the theme of these three stories share. The second reason is simple, it’s written by Joseph Conrad. Well as the title of......more

This is a collection of three pretty great Conrad novellas, the rather incredible Typhoon, Falk and The Shadow-Line. Though all three are not of the same quality, to show off many of the things that make Conrad great, including his ability to innovate and create tension at the same time. I sort of f......more