Typhoon and Other Stories

<b>A Penguin Classics edition of Typhoon Amy Foster Falk and Tomorrow <p/></b>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. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.