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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 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

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 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

The Secret Sharer, actual accident at sea, is an exciting adventure tale that reveals truths about human nature on several levels. Albert J. Guerard of Stanford University wrote that these two stories are "among the finest of Conrad's short novels, and among the half-dozen greatest... Read Full Overview

The Secret Sharer is a short story that 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... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

Reproduction of the original: The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad (born J zef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, 3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist... 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.