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The Mirror of the Sea
Joseph Conrad
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The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines. Conrad early in his life earned his bread as a Master Mariner in sailing ships. In his Author’s Note to this work, Conrad states,”Beyond the line of the sea horizon the world for me did not exist….Within these pages I make a full confession not of my sins but of my emotions. It is the best tribute my piety can offer to the ultimate shapers of my character, convictions, and, in a sense, destiny—to the imperishable sea, to the ships that are no more, and to the simple men who have had their day.”
The Mirror of the Sea is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines. Conrad early in his life earned his bread as a Master Mariner in sailing ships. In his Author’s Note to this work, Conrad states,”Beyond the line of the sea horizon the world for me did not exist….Within these pages I make a full confession not of my sins but of my emotions. It is the best tribute my piety can offer to the ultimate shapers of my character, convictions, and, in a sense, destiny—to the imperishable sea, to the ships that are no more, and to the simple men who have had their day.”
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“What are you trying to do with the ship?”
And Mr. P-, who was not good at catching what was shouted in the wind, would say interrogatively:
“Yes, sir?”
Then in the increasing gale of the sea there would be a little private ship’s storm going on in which you could detect strong language, pronounced in a tone of passion and exculpatory protestations uttered with every possible inflection of injured inno. . . Read More
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Un viaggio per nave da Bombay a Londra diventa per Conrad il mezzo per raccontare le dinamiche di una comunità, quella della ciurma e del suo capitano, perfettamente sovrapponibili a quelle della società in generale. Solidarietà, senso di appartenenza, diversità, indifferenza, violenza, desiderio di
Obviously the title alone puts it somewhat beyond the pale for a high school curriculum - even the reader with a broader experience of the evolution of racial attitudes is going to approach in hopes of a more progressive stance than s/he's likely to get.
The title character is a West Indian (St. Kitt
[Jan, 2017]
Children of the Sea
Bombay, un imprecisato anno del 1800. Sono già calate le prime ombre della sera quando James Wait, imponente negro delle Indie Occidentali, si imbarca sul Narcissus, che farà rotta per l’Inghilterra. «Udirono la sua voce risonante nell’ampio petto come se le parole roto
I confess that I read this as part of a "Typhoon and other Tales", but is was so awesome that I felt it deserved a rating all of it's own. It was so twisted and true how Conrad played out and expressed the actions, self interests, unspoken trusts, mistrusts, deceptions, and weaknesses of this crew o
Although Conrad is famous for his seafaring tales, I have generally preferred his books that are set mostly or wholly on land. This is my favorite of all of his seafaring tales that I have read so far; it is better for example in my opinion than Typhoon or The Shadow Line, which are both good storie