Typhoon

Joseph Conrad

⏱ 8 minModernist classic

A stolid, unimaginative captain refuses to dodge a monstrous typhoon and drives his steamer straight into its heart, trusting plain courage and plain fairness where cleverness would fail. Conrad's overwhelming storm-piece and portrait of a simple man.

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