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Typhoon
- Narrated by: Roger Allam
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
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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- Mr. P. O'hara
- 10-03-24
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One of the greatest short stories, brilliantly narrated, full of intelligence, humour, drama, and respect for the descriptive brilliance of the prose.
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- Gary
- 11-08-22
Roger Allam at his best.
I've had difficulty reading Conrad before and this was the perfect way of getting through it!
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- Clare
- 28-03-13
Well done Roger
Excellent narration from Roger Allam. Really enjoyed his different accents and characters, think he does an Irish and Scottish accent very convincingly. Quite poetic language used to describe the typhoon, its effects etc. I quite like the characterisation, no one is perfect, all have their own faults and foibles. Probably a better book to listen to than read, took me to and from a conference, perfect length!
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- Mrs O A Laws
- 14-01-22
Stunning.
Everything about Typhoon is gripping and fabulous and superbly read. You can even smell what’s going on in that steamship
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- Rose
- 08-09-19
not enough. tension
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.
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- Pierre Bovington
- 03-08-23
Vintage excellence.
Conrad served on board such a freighter and this is where he perfected his English. This book reeked of seawater, the impression of being in a storm was realistic without actually getting wett.
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- www.highaltitudefilms.tv
- 22-06-24
Powerful terrifying story of a storm
Conrad brilliantly depicts the range of characters on board ship, Their apparent limitations (of imagination, or courage, explored under a situation of extreme duress. Very well narrated.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-22
Good Short Story
A good short story about a boat in a storm. Classic Conrad prose. Very well performed!
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- k
- 16-04-23
A joy for your ears.
Contrad's words, Roger Allam's narration a true pleasure. Yes, the words Conrad used to describe the Chinese are racist, but it is of it's time, which in itself gives a further historical insight.
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- S. N. Bordoli
- 27-08-22
Very well read, but offensively racist text.
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.
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