In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. - P9
The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.
The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide. - P9
IThe Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. - P9
■ 저자 소개 조셉 콘래드는 폴란드에서 태어나 부모를 잃은 뒤 선원이 되었고 1886년에 영국에 귀화했습니다. 1894년 배를 탔던 경험을 살려 작가생활을 시작했습니다. 바다의 신비를 인상적으로 묘사하는 등 독자적인 해양문학을 개척한 것으로 인정받고 있습니다. - P3
