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Typhoon and Other Stories
de Conrad, Joseph
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- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- rubbed at the extremities else a very good copy in original slate gray cloth with all edges trimmed. has the windmill on the tit
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scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
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London: William Heinemann, 1903. First edition, first printing of the English edition. Hardcover. rubbed at the extremities else a very good copy in original slate gray cloth with all edges trimmed. has the windmill on the title page. a presentable copy -- see scans. .[NB: both interior hinges are cracked and there is a tiny tear to the crown of the spine]. 304 pp + ads. binding B. Height is 7-3/8" Cagle A8b1.
Sinopsis
In these four stories, written between 1900 and 1902, Joseph Conrad bid gradual farewell to his adventurous life at sea and began to confront the more daunting complexities of life on land in the twentieth century. In 'Typhoon' Conrad reveals, in the steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate, the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival. 'Falk', the companion sea-story, contrasts, as Conrad once put it, 'common sentimentalism with the frank standpoint of a more or less primitive man', a man with a conscience, however, about the girl he desires. In one of the 'land-stories' Conrad explores the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England; in the other, the plight of a woman ironically trapped by the unwitting alliance of two retired widowers - each blind in his own way.
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- Título
- Typhoon and Other Stories
- Autor
- Conrad, Joseph
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - rubbed at the extremities else a very good copy in original slate gray cloth with all edges trimmed. has the windmill on the tit
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition, first printing of the English edition
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1903
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