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Typhoon

Typhoon

Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and serialized in Pall Mall Magazine in January–March 1902. Its first book publication was in New York by Putnam in 1902; it was also published in Britain in Typhoon and Other Stories by Heinemann in 1903.


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“Facing it — always facing it — that's the way to get through.”

Joseph Conrad book Typhoon

Typhoon (1902), Ch. 5

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“Running all over the sea trying to get behind the weather.”

Joseph Conrad book Typhoon

Typhoon (1902), Ch. 2

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