The Secret Sharer: A Short Story, Nautical Classic By Joseph Conrad! AAA+++

by Joseph Conrad, BDP

Overview

A captain, suddenly called upon to take a strange ship on a long voyage, while getting acquainted with his vessel during the quiet hours of the night, is startled to see a naked swimmer alongside, resting, holding to the rope ladder which had not been drawn in.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014377362
Publisher:	BDP
Publication date:	05/24/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
File size:	76 KB

About the Author

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) grew up amid political unrest in Russian-occupied Poland. After twenty years at sea with the French and British merchant navies, he settled in England in 1894. Over the next three decades he revolutionized the English novel with books such as Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, and especially Heart of Darkness, his best-known and most influential work.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France