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Joseph Conrad (1857—1924) is one of the most famous English prose-writers who was born not far from the Ukrainian town of Berdychiv and walked his way up from an ordinary sailor to a ship captain. That is why it was no mere chance that the main characters of his tales “The Shadow-Line” and “Typhoon” were exactly captains. The author purposefully places them in extreme conditions in an attempt to investigate the depths of human psychology in the light of universal values. The main questions that the writer is interested in are as follows: will an ordinary man remain the same one under the unfavourable circumstances, is he able to tower over his own needs and instincts?