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The Secret Sharer is a short story by Joseph Conrad written in 1909The story takes place on a sailing ship in the Gulf of Siam (now the Gulf of Thailand), at the start of a voyage with cargo for Britain. The date is probably in the 1880s (when Conrad was at sea himself). In common... Read Full Overview

The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a classic tale of self-discovery and morality. Set in the early 20th century, the novel follows the story of an unnamed captain as he takes command of a new vessel and discovers a stowaway on board. As he learns more about the stowaway, the... Read Full Overview

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"The Secret Sharer" is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, originally written in 1909 and first published in two parts in the August and September 1910 editions of Harper's Magazine. "The Secret... Read Full Overview

The story takes place at sea, near the Gulf of Siam, and is told from the perspective of a young nameless Captain. The captain is unfamiliar with both his ship and his crew, having only joined their company a fortnight earlier. The Captain is furthermore unsure of himself, questioning... Read Full Overview

""The Secret Sharer"" is a novella written by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1910. The story follows an unnamed young captain who is newly appointed to a ship and struggles to gain the respect of his crew. When the captain encounters a naked man swimming in the sea one night,... Read Full Overview

On my right hand there were lines of fishing-stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo fences, incomprehensible in its division of the domain of tropical fishes, and crazy of aspect as if abandoned forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the... Read Full Overview

The Secret Sharer is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, originally written in 1909 and first published in two parts in the August and September 1910 editions of Harper's Magazine.It was later included in the short story collection Twixt Land and Sea (1912)... Read Full Overview

"The Secret Sharer" from Joseph Conrad. Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England (1857-1924).

On my right hand there were lines of fishing stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo fences, incomprehensible in its division of the domain of tropical fishes, and crazy of aspect as if abandoned forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the... Read Full Overview