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Rover (Version 2)

Possessed "of a passion weary of itself", elderly ex-privateer Peyrol is driven by "a sudden impulse of scorn, of magnanimity" to engage in a mortally perilous exploit designed to trick Admiral Nelson into lifting his blockade of the French coast during the Napoleonic wars. The immediate backdrop of this tale's action is an horrific, politically-driven massacre that took place in Toulon in 1793, and which has greatly affected the lives of the small community amongst whom Peyrol has subsequently settled in his retirement. It is probably not a co-incidence that this novel, Conrad's last, was written soon after the Great War, in which Conrad's own son Borys served as an artillery officer, including at the Somme. Conrad's theme is the psychological disfigurement caused when we suffer, or inflict, great trauma, and the high price that must be paid thereafter to achieve any possible redemption. (Summary by Peter Dann)

Year of Publication: 1923Genres: Historical Fiction

Running Time: 08 hours 28 minutes 58 seconds(16 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Peter Dann

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter 1 Peter Dann	17:18
	Chapter 2 Peter Dann	24:10
	Chapter 3 Peter Dann	26:17
	Chapter 4 Peter Dann	24:03
	Chapter 5 Peter Dann	24:06
	Chapter 6 Peter Dann	22:25
	Chapter 7 Peter Dann	40:27
	Chapter 8 Peter Dann	35:02
	Chapter 9 Peter Dann	32:20
	Chapter 10 Peter Dann	37:37
	Chapter 11 Peter Dann	35:11
	Chapter 12 Peter Dann	23:11
	Chapter 13 Peter Dann	16:54
	Chapter 14 Peter Dann	42:54
	Chapter 15 Peter Dann	1:00:31
	Chapter 16 Peter Dann	46:32