The Black Mate
The Black Mate

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-03-21

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 9781530491230

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"The Black Mate" is a sea story written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924). It was first published in 1884. The tale starts in first person narrative mode. The un-named narrator is a friend of the mate of the Sapphire Winston Bunter, and he is present in the restaurant conversation where the story begins...

The Black Mate
The Black Mate

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-02-17

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781543191875

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A good many years ago there were several ships loading at the Jetty, London Dock. I am speaking here of the 'eighties of the last century, of the time when London had plenty of fine ships in the docks, though not so many fine buildings in its streets.

The Black Mate
The Black Mate

Author: Joseph Conrad

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Published: 2019-07-14

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 9781080578276

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A good many years ago there were several ships loading at the Jetty, London Dock. I am speaking here of the 'eighties of the last century, of the time when London had plenty of fine ships in the docks, though not so many fine buildings in its streets. The ships at the Jetty were fine enough; they lay one behind the other; and the __Sapphire__, third from the end, was as good as the rest of them, and nothing more. Each ship at the Jetty had, of course, her chief officer on board. So had every other ship in dock. The policeman at the gates knew them all by sight, without being able to say at once, without thinking, to what ship any particular man belonged. As a matter of fact, the mates of the ships then lying in the London Dock were like the majority of officers in the Merchant Service-a steady, hard-working, staunch, un-romantic-looking set of men, belonging to various classes of society, but with the professional stamp obliterating the personal characteristics, which were not very marked anyhow.

The Black Mate
The Black Mate

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-07-29

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781724452818

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The Black Mate: Large Print By Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.