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.
| ISBN: | 9780140180978 |
| Publication date: | 27th September 1990 |
| Author: | Joseph Conrad, Jacques Berthoud |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 156 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |
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.
The Shadow-Line features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Shadow-Line was written by Joseph Conrad, Jacques Berthoud and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Shadow-Line has 156 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics series
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.