The Shadow-line
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The Shadow-line

by Joseph Conrad

1917•Adventure•143 pages

Taste attributes: adventuredramafresh & originalrealisticsimplelinearglossyemotive & stirringcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survival

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Boxlist takeAn adventure novel that sits near the middle on every taste dimension: nothing pushed to extremes.

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the 'shadow-line' between youth and adulthood.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureDramaComing of ageHuman spirit/resilience/survival

Subjects

Ship captainsEnglish Adventure storiesConrad, Joseph, in fictionSea storiesMaritime fiction

Details

Author
Joseph Conrad
Published
1917
Pages
143
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