Posted by Peter Ceresole on July 08, 2009 at 19:46:11 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: Sailing alone? posted by Pam Adams on July 08, 2009 at 17:21:10:
were the words: THE SOUTH SEAS COMPANY
Now that's romance........
I'd say that's Joseph Conrad. For me, reading Lord Jim was one of those formative reading experiences. I really did want to go to those warm south seas and smell the rotting vegetation. My dad talked about a great uncle who worked in Sumatra... The height of romance.