Typhoon and Other Tales
Conrad, Joseph / Watts, Cedric (, Professor of English, University of Sussex)
This volume contains "Typhoon, " "The Secret Sharer, " "Falk, " and "Amy Foster." "Typhoon, " a story of a steamship and her crew beset by a tempest, is a masterpiece of descriptive virtuosity and moral irony, while "The Secret Sharer" excels in symbolic ambiguity. Both stories vividly present Conrad's abiding preoccupation with the theme of solidarity, challenged from without by the elements and from within by human doubts and fears. Conrad's...