Classic Choice

Now I know that people can struggle with Conrad – to be fair some of his works can be a little bit heavy going. I’m thinking here. Yet the strange thing is that at other times his writing flows beautifully. He is also and the were noted clippers. In addition, he also commanded a small clipper ship, the . Essentially, he was a master mariner and when he wrote about the sea he did it with great authority. When he wrote ‘There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea’ it was a statement garnered from years of experiencing the joy, wonderment, tedium and drudgery of life afloat.