Typhoon
Author: first_name: Joseph
last_name: Conrad
Language: English
Year: 1902

<i>Typhoon</i> is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in <i>Pall Mall Magazine</i> 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