Shadow-Line (Version 2)
Author: first_name: Joseph
last_name: Conrad
Language: English
Year: 1917

In this engaging and well-crafted novella, an older man recalls how a combination of obscure personal impulses and diabolical co-incidences marked his own difficult passage as a young ship's officer across that invisible "shadow line" that separates the last days of carefree youth from the taking up of full adult responsibilities. - Summary by Peter Dann