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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 …
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103,22 DKK
Forlag
Penguin
Udgivet
1990-09-27
Længde
160 sider
Genrer
Classic fiction: general and literary
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780141958699
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.