The Rover is the last complete novel written by Joseph Conrad, and was published in 1923 shortly before his death. As the Revolution rages in France, a seafarer named Peyrol comes to the end of a lifetime lived on the seas and seeks refuge in a remote farmhouse on the French Riviera. Jacket unclipped (priced Seven Shillings and Sixpence), dusty, spine darkened, rubbed at edges with large chips at head: Good. As he attempts to settle into a peaceful existence, Peyrol struggles to redefine himself and returns to the sea for one final voyage. As the Revolution rages in France, a seafarer named Peyrol, a master-gunner in the French republican navy, pirate. As the Revolution rages in France, a seafarer named Peyrol, a master-gunner in the French republican navy, pirate, and for nearly 50 years, rover of the outer seas, comes to the end of a lifetime lived on the seas and seeks refuge in a remote farmhouse on the French Riviera.
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