num_pages: 102
description: 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 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.
language: English
title: The Shadow Line
titlecomplete: The Shadow Line
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Polish Literature, Adventure, Novels, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 5612
publisher: Quiet Vision Pub