The Shadow Line - A Confession (Paperback)

from Juva

This is the story of a young man, who, suddenly feeling his current career path is not fulfilling him. Much to the dismay of his shipmates, he quits his berth and remains in port. Through a series of coincidences, he shortly finds himself taken on as the captain of ship. Unprepared for the new r...

from kant1066

I picked up this book much too casually and without any forethought, and because of this, didn't give to the book the time and energy that it deserved. This is one of Conrad's later stories, and happens to have a lot of autobiographical elements, in that it focuses on a young man who gets a commi...

from sushicat

A young sea captain gets his first command after he quits his comfortable position as first mate somewhere in South East Asia. This command tests him to the limit and takes him over the shadow line, that line that separates insouciant youth from responsible maturity. The days are filled with a cu...

from jmoncton

This is the story of a young man who takes over command of a sailing ship that is haunted by it's previous captain. This is my second book by Conrad. I had already read Heart of Darkness and I found that amazing classic to be just mediocre for me. I read this book hoping that maybe I just hadn't ...

from vguy

Slow to start, with hero having lost track a bit and landing a command almost by accident. The story itself lacks grip in the early pages. But once he sees his ship and effectively falls in love with it, the writing gets tight focus: the ship, the weather, disease, madness, will-power, with a hin...