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...
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...
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...
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.