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Ebook Download Typhoon and Other Tales Ebook, Epub TYPHOON AND OTHER TALES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Joseph Conrad,Prof. Cedric Watts | 304 pages | 15 Jan 2009 | Oxford University Press | 9780199539031 | English | Oxford, United Kingdom Typhoon and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad Synopsis Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. Many chronicles have been written about life at sea, but few, if any, can compare with Joseph Conrad's masterpiece. It is the story of one unremarkable steamship captain, pitted against a storm of incredible fury. Captain Macwhirr has a reputation as a solid, steadfast man, who "having just enough imagination to carry him through each successive day, and no more" cannot fully believe any storm would be a match for his powerful ship. So, when the barometer and other clues begin to hint at trouble ahead, he is only moderately concerned and unwilling to change course and lose precious time-a decision that may prove more costly than he could ever have imagined. Read preview Overview. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. Editions Showing of Typhoon and Other Tales Paperback. Published January 16th by Oxford University Press. Author s :. Joseph Conrad ,. Cedric Watts Editor. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Typhoon and Other Stories Paperback. Paul Kirschner Editor. Stape Introduction. Typhoon and Other Stories Everyman's Library, 4. Hinrichs ,. Martin Seymour-Smith Adapted by. Published January 15th by Oxford University Press. Barry Unsworth Introduction. Typhoon And Other Stories Hardcover. Editions of Typhoon and Other Tales by Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad pp Cite as. It is significant that it was to W. Conrad was tapping a strong vein of national sentiment in England in this story as well as in others of the same kind and he sensed it. Being the inhabitants of a small island, the sea has acquired a special hold over the English. The sea is also bound up with national identity. The sea has been associated with spectacular national triumphs since the age of Elizabeth I and the success of the Royal Navy has achieved the status of myth. Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF. Skip to main content. Many chronicles have been written about life at sea, but few, if any, can compare with Joseph Conrad's masterpiece. It is the story of one unremarkable steamship captain, pitted against a storm of incredible fury. Captain Macwhirr has a reputation as a solid, steadfast man, who "having just enough imagination to carry him through each successive day, and no more" cannot fully believe any storm would be a match for his powerful ship. So, when the barometer and other clues begin to hint at trouble ahead, he is only moderately concerned and unwilling to change course and lose precious time-a decision that may prove more costly than he could ever have imagined. Read preview Overview. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. Penguin 85th by Dapo Adeola. Penguin 85th by Jackie Morris. Penguin 85th by Vashti Harrison. Book Bundles. Stocking Fillers. Events Podcasts Penguin Newsletter Video. Typhoon and Other Stories Joseph Conrad. Paperback Ebook. View more editions. Buy from. Read more. Share at. More from this Author. Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad. The Secret Agent Joseph Conrad. Typhoon Joseph Conrad. Victory Joseph Conrad. To-morrow Joseph Conrad. Lord Jim Joseph Conrad. Nostromo Joseph Conrad. Typhoon and Other Tales by Conrad, Joseph It is the story of one unremarkable steamship captain, pitted against a storm of incredible fury. Captain Macwhirr has a reputation as a solid, steadfast man, who "having just enough imagination to carry him through each successive day, and no more" cannot fully believe any storm would be a match for his powerful ship. So, when the barometer and other clues begin to hint at trouble ahead, he is only moderately concerned and unwilling to change course and lose precious time-a decision that may prove more costly than he could ever have imagined. Read preview Overview. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. Read Overview. Nabokov once said in his Lectures on Literature that it would take an entire lifetime just to know one novel properly — but these short stories by Conrad give one the opportunity of getting familiar with his particular craft of writing in a much shorter amount of time. It is much easier to get a sense of structure of the whole from a short story than it is from a full-length novel. There is more to characters than might initially meet the eye and a seemingly inept captain proves a hero. It reminded me a great deal of Lord Jim. Falk was not a particular favourite of mine, even though I acknowledge that its theme of appetite and hunger was very well carried through. He later guessed he must have been speaking Polish. I need to read as much as I can about him. The Secret Sharer is an amazing artwork in its own right. The title page includes the publisher's windmill device and the verso does not state 'Reserved for the Colonies only'. Patch of abrasion to the bottom half of the front board. Leading edges of both boards slightly warped. A little rubbing to the spine and the spine ends and corner tips are pushed with some light wear. Edges, endpapers and first and last sections lightly foxed. Contents otherwise clean with no inscriptions or ownership marks and the binding remains firm. Very good. The first British edition of Typhoon, which is slightly revised from the American edition of the previous year , one of Conrad's most celebrated works of fiction and the first appearance in book form of Amy Foster, Falk: A Reminiscence, and To-morrow. Nan-Shan in the title story. Published by William Heinemann. About this Item: William Heinemann. First state. Publishers cloth. Ex lending library copy; the only evidence of this being the contemporaneous bookplate to front pastedown. Endpapers toned. Name neatly penned to front pastedown in contemporaneous hand. Slightly foxed. Uncut pages. Size: 12mo. Published by Heinemann, London, United Kingdom Condition: Very Good-. About this Item: London: William Heinemann, Original dark grey cloth with front-cover life preserver in gilt. First Edition, first i. In addition to the title tale, the "other stories" are "Amy Foster," "Falk" and "To-morrow" "Falk" is the tale that centers upon Conrad's often-recurring theme of cannibalism. This is a "pure" domestic copy, with the domestic half-title and title leaves; demand from British booksellers was so great that the binder subsequently had to create "hybrid" copies, transferring colonial copies to the domestic market and back again. It is in Cagle's binding "a" -- with mm between "Conrad" and "Heinemann" on the spine, and with the pages trimmed at the top edge only. This copy does include the page ad catalogue that is present in some but not all copies. Its condition is very good-plus, perhaps near-fine: it is bright and has scarcely any wear, but there is some bubbling of the cloth, a flaw that frequently afflicts this Heinemann title. Cagle A8b 1. Published by Heinemann, London About this Item: Heinemann, London, Publisher's windmill device on title page, without "Reserved for the Colonies only" on verso of title page, and with publisher's monogram on rear cover. One of only copies. The first publication in book form of all the stories except the title novella "Typhoon," which was previously published in the U. This UK edition adds three stories not in the U. There is no comparable U. Cagle's binding "B" there are only 2 or 3 known copies of binding "A," which is a presumed trial binding with only the top edge trimmed and with mm between "Conrad" and "Heinemann" on spine [Cagle A8b 1 ]. Original, slate-gray cloth with title, author, publisher, and life-preserver stamped in gilt; 32 pages of ads at end as in some copies, but not all. Light foxing on endpapers only, minor wear on corners and spine ends, bubbling to cloth at spine and along rear cover edges, otherwise very good with gilt quite bright. First impression of the true first edition with all the correct issue points [as mentioned below] as called for. Limited to 1, copies with the publisher's windmill device on the title page, and without "Reserved for Colonies" on the verso of the title page which would indicate a later issue. The verso of title-page correctly reads: 'This edition enjoys Copyright in all Countries signatory to the Berne Treaty, and is not to be imported into the United States of America. Therefore this first impression of the first UK edition is also a first edition thus, incorporating Conrad's final revisions to Typhoon. This copy has the fore-edge and the bottom edge of the text-block rough-cut, with the top edge of the text-block trimmed as called for. Also it has the correct spacing of 10 mm as measured between "Conrad" and "Heinemann" on the spine of the boards as mentioned in Cagle A8b 1 ]. Nan- Shan to front board. Fore-edge and bottom edge of text-block rough-cut as called for. Edges of boards slightly rubbed.
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