The Shadow-Line

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 faces a succession of crises on his first command, for which he feels himself responsible. The novel is a work full of 'sudden passions', as well as a penetrating analysis of the nature of manhood.

Scrisa in 1915, The Shadow-Line se bazeaza pe evenimente si experiente din urma cu douazeci si sapte de ani, la care Conrad a revenit obsesiv in fictiunea sa. Un tanar capitan de mare se confrunta cu o succesiune de crize la prima sa comanda, pentru care se simte responsabil.