Length3h 25m
About this audiobook
Captain Tom MacWhirr is not a man of imagination. A stoic, literal-minded sailor of the British Merchant Marine, he commands the Nan-Shan with quiet, unshakeable routine, finding the flamboyant language of weather reports "unprofessional" and unnecessary. When his steamer, laden with a cargo of Chinese coolies and their hard-earned silver dollars, enters the ominous fringe of a monstrous typhoon, his unimaginative nature faces its ultimate trial.
Ignoring the frantic warnings of his more intuitive First Mate, Jukes, MacWhirr steers his ship and its two hundred souls directly into the heart of the abyss. What follows is one of literature's most breathtaking and terrifying accounts of a storm at sea—a churning chaos of wind, water, and shattering metal that pushes vessel and crew to the absolute brink.
Yet the greater drama unfolds in the aftermath. As the Nan-Shan limps from the storm's center, a new tempest brews in the ship's hold: a violent riot among the terrified coolies over their scattered treasure. Captain MacWhirr, battered but unbowed, must now confront a crisis of human order with the same blunt, unheroic, and profoundly practical courage that saw him through the wrath of nature.
A masterpiece of understated heroism and fierce irony, Typhoon is Conrad’s definitive tale of the sea. It is a relentless examination of character under extreme duress, a thrilling narrative of survival, and a powerful testament to the quiet, stubborn decency that can, against all odds, hold a world together.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Action and Adventure
Length3 hrs 25 mins
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LanguageEnglish
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