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Typhoon

By: Joseph Conrad
Narrated by: Roger Allam
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Typhoon is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by a tempest and of the captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit.

Captain MacWhirr was an ordinary man. However, when his steamer Nan-Shan blunders into a hurricane, he and his crew must pull together to survive. The steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate becomes a partnership vital to human survival as they are challenged from without by the elements, and from within by human doubts and fears.

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A top performance of an adventure story on the high seas. The characters are highly nuanced too. Well, the white western crew are. The Chinese "coolies" on board are portrayed in a way that made me sick to the stomach. Like animals at best, or some sort of sub-human species that exhibit all the worst aspects to be found in humanity. It's very much a book of its times in that respect. And one that should probably stay there.

Very well read, but offensively racist text.

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The story sounded, from the description as if it might be pretty good. As it turned out it was just the opposite. it ramvled and the narration was too slow. A literary account with an attempt at a twist at the end but not much to say for itsellf really and the accents were appalling. Don’t waste your time. never judge a book by its title that’s the lesson to be learned from this one.

not enough. tension

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A thoroughly enjoyable listen made wonderful by a very skilled narrator. A Conrad short story classic

Wonderful!

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Conrad's descriptive genius places you in the eye of the storm. The jaded but moral captain is a classic Conrad character. Roger Allam brings all the characters alive, especially the captain.

Gripping and expertly narrated

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a great performance of an atmospheric Story by a really good reader amazing accents and great acting

great performance of an atmospheric story,

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