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About The Rover by Joseph Conrad "The Rover" by Joseph Conrad unfolds an enthralling maritime tale set against the turbulent backdrop of post-revolutionary France. Captain Peyrol, the enigmatic seafarer known as "The Rover," seeks refuge in a coastal inn, haunted by a past that... Read Full Overview

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The Rover is the last complete novel by Joseph Conrad, written between 1921 and 1922. It was first published in 1923, and adapted into the 1967 film of the same namePlot summaryThe story takes place in the south of France, against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Napoleon's... Read Full Overview

After entering at break of day the inner roadstead of the Port of Toulon, exchanging several loud hails with one of the guardboats of the Fleet, which directed him where he was to take up his berth, Master-Gunner Peyrol let go the anchor of the sea-worn and battered ship in his... Read Full Overview

The Rover by Joseph Conrad A nautical psychological thriller from one of literature's giants From Joseph Conrad, one of the modern masters of literature, comes this tale of intrigue in the opening days of the Napoleonic wars. Peyrol, a French pirate from the Indian seas, returns... Read Full Overview

Step into a world where lifestyle, craft, and the environment are intricately intertwined - and where every thread you pull could change everything.

Woven by Nature invites you on a gripping journey through a forest alive with magic, mystery, and ancient... Read Full Overview

Joseph Conrad's last completed novel is a masterpiece of narrative tension and psychological insight. Set in the late eighteenth century and centred around the morally ambiguous figure of Captain Peyrot--a seafarer returning to France in the wake of the revolutionary Terror--... Read Full Overview

A nautical psychological thriller from one of literature's giants, "The Rover" is the story of a French pirate from the Indian seas during the opening days of the Napoleonic wars.

Peyrol is a Master-Gunner French Republican Navy and a pirate. He longs to escape his violent life and settle down on a farm far away from the ocean and the violence he has known all his life. This struggle for freedom and peace plays out against the backdrop of the French Revolution... Read Full Overview

Peyrol is a Master-Gunner French Republican Navy and a pirate. He longs to escape his violent life and settle down on a farm far away from the ocean and the violence he has known all his life. This struggle for freedom and peace plays out against the backdrop of the French Revolution... Read Full Overview