The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781981474868)

The Nigger of the Narcissus: A Tale of the Forecastle by Joseph Conrad. The Nigger of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Forecastle (1897; also subtitled A Tale of the Sea and published in the US as The Children of the Sea) is a novella by Joseph Conrad. Because of its quality compared to earlier works, some have described it as marking the start of Conrad's major, or middle, period; others have placed it as the best work of his early, or first, period. The title character, James Wait, is a dying West Indian black sailor on board the merchant ship Narcissus sailing from Bombay to London. Wait, suffering from tuberculosis, becomes seriously ill during the voyage, and his plight arouses the humanitarian sympathies of many of the crew. However, the ship's master Captain Alistoun and an old sailor named Singleton remain concerned primarily with their duties and appear indifferent to Wait's condition.

Author: Joseph Conrad
ISBN-10: 1981474862
ISBN-13: 9781981474868
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/07/2017
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.15d