Joseph Conrad's long experience as a working seaman enriched and deepened his literary
gifts, making him the most brilliant and convincing writer of seafaring's greatest age. In the
three sea stories collected here, he makes deft use of the maritime setting to enact moral
dramas of men tested by the elements and by one another.“The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'”
has been hailed as Conrad's earliest masterpiece. When a West Indian sailor on board the
merchant ship Narcissus falls ill his condition sparks conflict among the crew, which …

TYPHOON* FALK* AMY FOSTER* THE SECRET SHARER The four tales in this volume
share autobiographical origins in Conrad's experience at sea and his exile from Poland, the
country of his birth.'Typhoon'is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by tempest, and
of the stolid captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit. In'Falk'a taciturn young
woman is bizarrely courted by a tug-boat master who is haunted by a terrible secret.'Amy
Foster'tells of an emigrant Pole struggling to overcome isolation and prejudice in England …