Typhoon by Joseph Conrad; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Various

Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describes how Captain Macwhirr sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon. Other characters include the young Jukes and Solomon, the head engineer. The novel classically evokes the sea-faring life at the turn of the century. While Macwhirr is emotionally estranged from his family and crew, and though he refuses to consider an alternate course to skirt the typhoon, his indomitable will in the face of a superior natural force elicits grudging admiration. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Joseph Conrad (Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) (1857-1924) was born in the Ukraine. He was raised by an uncle after the death of his parents, who were ardent Polish patriots. As a boy he educated himself by reading widely in Polish and French. At twenty-one he began serving on French merchant vessels, and for twenty years he sailed the seven seas. After that he went to London and began writing, using the romance and adventure of his own life for his incomparable sea novels.