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The Shadow-Line: A Confession

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4 out of 5
Based on 496 Ratings and 46 Reviews

Book 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 o... More
Book Information
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
BindingPaperback (19 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages160
ISBN-100140180974
ISBN-13978-0140180978
Publication Date01/05/1993
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About Jacques Berthoud (Author, Contributor, Editor) : Jacques Berthoud is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Jacques Berthoud include Chance, Lord Jim (Oxford World's Classics), Phineas Finn: The Irish Member (Oxford World... more
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About Joseph Conrad (Author) : Joseph Conrad (born Teodor Józef Konrad Nałęcz-Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. Some of his works have been l... more
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