Short Stories by Joseph Conrad
Youth, the Lagoon, the Secret Sharer, an Outpost of Progress, Amy Foster
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2010
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Youth, the Lagoon, the Secret Sharer, an Outpost of Progress, Amy Foster. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: "Youth" is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. It was written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories. This volume also includes Heart of Darkness and The End of the Tether, which are concerned with maturity and old age, respectively. "Youth" depicts a young man's first journey to the East. It is narrated by Charles Marlow who is also the narrator of Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Chance. Similar to Joseph Conrad's more well-known Heart of Darkness, "Youth" begins with a narrator describing five men drinking claret around a mahogany table. They are all veterans of the merchant marines. The main character, Marlow, tells the story of his first voyage to the East as second mate on board the Judea. The story is set twenty-two years earlier, when Marlow was 20. With six years of experience, most recently as third mate aboard a crack clipper, Marlow receives a billet as second mate on the rig Judea. The skipper is Captain John Beard, a man of about 60. This is Beard's first command. The Judea is an old rig suffering from age and disuse in Shadewell basin. The 400-ton ship is commissioned to take 600 tons of coal from England to Bangkok. The trip should take approximately 150 days. The ship leaves London loaded with sand ballast and heads north to the Tyne river to pick up the cargo of coal. The trip takes 16 days because of inclement weather, and the battered rig must use a tug boat to get into port. The Judea waits a month on the Tyne to be loaded with coal. The night before she ships out she is hit by a steamer, the Miranda or the Melissa....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1114815
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