'A sudden passion of anxious impatience rushed through my veins and gave me such a sense of the intensity of existence as I have never felt before or since.'

link title to catalogue entry](exact date?)Written in 1915, The Shadow-Line is based upon events and experiences from twenty-seven years earlier to which Conrad returned obsessively in his fiction. A young sea captain's first command brings with it a succession of crises: his sea is becalmed, the crew laid low by fever, and his deranged first mate is convinced that the ship is haunted by the malignant spirit of a previous captain.

This is indeed a work full of 'sudden passions', in which Conrad is able to show how the full intensity of existence can be experienced by the man who, in the words of the older Captain Giles, is prepared to 'stand up to his bad luck, to his mistakes, to his conscience'. A subtle and penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood, The Shadow-Line investigates varieties of masculinity and desire in a subtext that counterpoints the tale's seemingly conventional surface.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

• We started tracking this book on February 26, 2016.
• This book was £2.84 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 107 times in the past 2,974 days.
• The current price of this book is £2.84 last checked one day ago.
• This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past six months is £2.61.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £2.37.
• The lowest price to date was £1.03 last reached on September 6, 2018.
• This book has been £1.03 one time since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £6.39 last reached on March 13, 2020.
• This book has been £6.39 2 times since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionClassicsBritish & Irish
• Literature & FictionClassicsClassics

• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 190 Pages
• File Size: 1,758 KB