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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

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

Joseph Conrad (born J zef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist... Read Full Overview

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 name

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 name

First published in 1923, The Rover is Joseph Conrad's final completed novel, a restrained maritime tale set along the southern coast of France during the aftermath of the French Revolution.

The narrative follows Peyrol, an ageing privateer who seeks... Read Full Overview

The Rover is Joseph Conrad's final completed novel, a restrained maritime tale set along the southern coast of France during the aftermath of the French Revolution.

The narrative follows Peyrol, an ageing privateer who seeks seclusion after years of... 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.