Joseph Conrad Typhoon

“Looking at the barometer that kept falling, Captain MacWhirr thought, ‘Bad weather is coming.’ That’s exactly what he thought.”

This famous story from English literature evokes the seafaring life between the 1800s and 1900s. Captain MacWhirr, who—as Conrad himself writes—”never breathed and walked on this earth,” lives in total detachment from his family and crew; even though he refuses to consider an alternative route to avoid the typhoon, his indomitable will in facing the overwhelming force of nature inspires deep admiration.