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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 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 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

Joseph Conrad , 3 December 1857 Berdichev, Ukraine - 3 August 1924) was a Polish novelist who wrote in English, after settling in England. Conrad is regarded as one of the great novelists in English, though he did not speak the language fluently until he was in his twenties (and... Read Full Overview

One of the greatest English writers of the 19th century was a Polish-born man who couldn't even speak English fluently until he had entered adulthood. Nevertheless, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) went on to have a well-regarded literary career that bridged Romanticism and Modernism... Read Full Overview

The Secret Sharer is a novella written by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1910. The story follows an unnamed captain who is newly appointed to a ship and struggles to assert his authority over his crew. One night, he discovers a naked man clinging to the side of the ship, and... Read Full Overview

"The Secret Sharer" is a short story by Joseph Conrad written in 1909. 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... Read Full Overview

The Secret Sharer takes place at sea, near the Gulf of Siam, 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... 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 Harper's Magazine in 1910. It was later included in the short story collection Twixt Land and Sea (1912). "The Secret Sharer" takes place... Read Full Overview

"The Secret Sharer" begins with the anonymous narrator - the recently appointed captain of an unnamed ship - anchored in the Gulf of Siam (what is now called the Gulf of Thailand). As the Captain stands on the deck, alone, he soaks in the sunset and silence of the sea. He feels... Read Full Overview