The Shadow-Line
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Shadow-Line
By (Author) Joseph Conrad
Introduction by Jacques Berthoud
Notes by Jacques Berthoud
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
27th September 1990
27th September 1990
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Paperback
160
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 8mm
123g
Description
A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the 'shadow-line' between youth and adulthood. In many ways an autobiographical narrative, Conrad's novella was written at the start of the Great War when his son Borys was at the Western Front, and can be seen as an attempt to open humanity's eyes to the qualities needed to face evil and destruction.
Author Bio
Joseph Conrad (originally J zef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1896 he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924.
