Typhoon

Author(s): Joseph Conrad

Genre(s): Nature & Animal Fiction, Nautical & Marine Fiction

Narrators: Russ Maxwell, Karen Savage, Esther, Alan Chant, Kirsten Ferreri, Hugh McGuire

Number of Chapters: 6

Length: 2 hours and 38 minutes

Language: English

Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describes how Captain Macwhirr sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon. Other characters include the young Jukes and Solomon, the head engineer. The novel classically evokes the sea-faring life at the turn of the century. While Macwhirr is emotionally estranged from his family and crew, and though he refuses to consider an alternate course to skirt the typhoon, his indomitable will in the face of a superior natural force elicits grudging admiration. (Summary from Wikipedia)