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The Shadow Line: A Confession
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A young man takes his first command of a ship and faces a passage plagued by calm seas, fever among the crew, and the weight of responsibility that marks his passage into maturity. Suited to readers of maritime adventure and Conrad's psychological fiction.
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties – he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature.
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