The shadow-line: a confession 59 editions
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.
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1928, Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company for P.F. Collier & Son
The shadow-line
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March 15, 1999, Editorial Lectorum
La linea de sombra
Paperback
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December 31, 2005, Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library
The Shadow Line
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History Created October 15, 2009 · 10 revisions
| November 4, 2011 | Edited by EdwardBot | remove 'in fiction' subjects |
| October 18, 2011 | Edited by WorkBot | merge works |
| April 6, 2011 | Edited by Philip Tidman | Edited without comment. |
| February 24, 2011 | Edited by George | Added new cover |
| October 15, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |























