The Shadow Line a Confession by Joseph Conrad
The Shadow Line a Confession by Joseph Conrad

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher:

Published: 2018-02-19

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 9781985653870

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The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial in New York's Metropolitan Magazine (September-October) in the English Review (September 1916-March 1917) and published in book form in 1917 in the UK (March) and America (April). The novella depicts the development of a young man upon taking a captaincy in the Orient, with the shadow line of the title representing the threshold of this development.The novella is notable for its dual narrative structure. The full, subtitled title of the novel is The Shadow-Line, A Confession, which immediately alerts the reader to the retrospective nature of the novella. The ironic constructions following from the conflict between the 'young' protagonist (who is never named) and the 'old' drive much of the underlying points of the novella, namely the nature of wisdom, experience and maturity. Conrad also extensively uses irony by comparison in the work, with characters such as Captain Giles and the ship's 'factotum' Ransome used to emphasise strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist.

The Shadow Line
The Shadow Line

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2022-11-16

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 0486851494

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This masterly character study of human transformation, written by Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) during the First World War, chronicles a youth’s passage into manhood upon becoming the commander of his first ship.

The Shadow Line a Confession
The Shadow Line a Confession

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-08-17

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781725785670

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The Shadow Line A Confession Joseph Conrad The masterpiece of Joseph Conrad's later years, the autobiographical short novel The Shadow-Line depicts a young man at a crossroads in his life, facing a desperate crisis that marks the "shadow-line" between youth and maturity.This brief but intense story is a dramatically fictionalized account of Conrad's first command as a young sea captain trapped aboard a becalmed, fever-wracked, and seemingly haunted ship. With no wind in sight and his crew disabled by malaria, ... 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.

The Shadow-Line a Confession by Joseph Conrad
The Shadow-Line a Confession by Joseph Conrad

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher:

Published: 2017-07-16

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9781548877699

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The Shadow-line
The Shadow-line

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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"The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea [...]. The novella depicts the development of a young man upon taking a captaincy in the Orient, with the shadow line of the title representing the threshold of this development."--Wikipedia.

The Shadow-line
The Shadow-line

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780192801708

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Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. A young sea captain's first command brings with it a succession of crises: his sea is becalmed, the crew laid low by fever, and his deranged first mate is convinced that the ship is haunted by the malignant spirit of a previous captain. This is indeed a work full of "sudden passions", in which Conrad is able to show how the full intensity of existence can be experienced by the man who, in the words of the older Captain Giles, is prepared to "stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience." A subtle and penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood, The Shadow-Line investigates varieties of masculinity and desire in a subtext that counters the tale's seemingly conventional surface.

The Shadowline
The Shadowline

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Livraria Press

Published: 2024-05-09

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 398988882X

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A new edition of Joseph Conrad's classic existential novel The Shadowline from Livraria Press with an extensive Afterword and expanded reference materials including including a timeline, character list and discussion questions. The Shadow Line, Joseph Conrad’s 1917 novel, returns in a new edition that will captivate readers and challenge them to explore the human experience. The story follows a young captain’s journey on a merchant ship as he attempts to take control of his own destiny in the face of an unforgiving sea. Conrad invites readers to consider the power of inner resolve, morality, and the consequence of fate. Conrad's last masterpiece is filled with insight and psychological complexity.

The Secret Sharer
The Secret Sharer

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Modernista

Published: 2024-07-16

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 9181080913

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»The Secret Sharer« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1910. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, and ended his career as a captain in the English merchant navy. His most famous work is the novella Heart of Darkness [1899], adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979 as Apocalypse Now.

The Shadow Line (Annotated)
The Shadow Line (Annotated)

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781534837515

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The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial in New York's Metropolitan Magazine (September-October) in the English Review (September 1916-March 1917) and published in book form in 1917 in the UK (March) and America (April). The novella depicts the development of a young man upon taking a captaincy in the Orient, with the shadow line of the title representing the threshold of this development.

An Outcast of the Islands
An Outcast of the Islands

Author: Joseph Conrad

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2016-03-17

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1681957078

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Running Away Doesn't Always Remove the Problem “It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes, I suppose.” - Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands This second novel of Conrad details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter.