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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, the narrator.
The shadow line is a classic joseph conrad adventure novel about a young sailor quits a ship and ends up, surprisingly, with command of another ship. The story makes interesting commentary on how chance can dictate human life.
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).
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The shadow line is a short novel by joseph conrad and was published in 1917. It tells the story of a young man whose dream to be a captain of his ship comes.
Joseph conrad’s 1916 novella the shadow-line is much more conventional, at least ostensibly or superficially, than some of his most celebrated earlier fiction, such as nostromo (1904) or under western eyes (1911), even though it was written later than both of those novels. In many ways it signals a return to conrad’s earlier writing, from the 1890s, and in particular such stories as ‘youth’ (1898).
It ranks with lord jim, heart of darkness, and nigger of the narcissus. For that matter it ranks among the great works of world literature. The shadow-line is shorter than conrad's other great works and can be considered either a short novel or a long short story.
Octavo, original gray-green cloth decorated in red, original dust jacket.
The shadow line study guide contains a biography of joseph conrad, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
The shadow-line a confession by joseph conrad “worthy of my undying regard” to borys and all others who, like himself, have crossed in early youth the shadow-line of their generation with love —d’autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir de mon desespoir.
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The shadow-line is often overlooked in our haste to get to joseph conrad's other classics, such as heart of darkness, lord jim, and nostromo.
Joseph conrad (originally józef teodor konrad nalecz korzeniowski) was born in the ukraine in 1857 and grew up under tsarist autocracy.
What is the shadow line? it is the border line between inexperienced youth and adulthood, the thin and, at the same time, hard line which.
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By joseph conrad worthy of my undying regard to borys and all others who, like himself, have crossed in early youth the shadow line of their generation with love. The shadow line--d'autre fois, calme plat, grand miroir de mon desespoir.
Joseph conrad (1857 - 1924) dedicated to the author's son who was wounded in world war 1, 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 and in book form in 1917.
The shadow-line is the presentation of the captain himself, even containing selected pages from his diary.
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Joseph conrad's the shadow line is told by a nameless first-person narrator following his personal growth from shipmate to captain.
The shadow line is an extraordinary account of a kerfuffle that occurred on board a sailing ship, involving an unexpected sequence of events. It is a real psychological thriller, and conrad's talent for describing bizarre characters in all of their astonishing detail is at its most fine.
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