The Secret Sharer

Name: The Secret Sharer
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Joseph Conrad
ISBN: 9781667987354

Author: Joseph Conrad

Narrator: Michael Ward

Unabridged: 1 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Author's Republic

Published: 01/26/2024

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

A classic tale from the inkwell of Joseph Conrad, the Secret Sharer is a short story set at sea.

The narrator, a newly made Captain of his vessel, rescues a man he finds clinging to his ships rope-ladder. That man was once Chief Mate of a nearby ship Sephora, accused of murder during rough seas.

What follows is a short but well formed tale about isolation, duality, and the struggle between the rational and irrational.

Narrated by Michael Ward.

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Reviews

Goodreads review by RussBear

The horror! The horror! I never understood exactly why this book has been termed a classic and why we still torture school children with it.......more

Goodreads review by Judy

Joseph Conrad makes me think of a Edgar Allen Poe on serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. (Although he is said to have attempted suicide in his late teens so he couldn't have been all that jolly) Most say his writing is dark but I find it funny. Bless my soul! By jove! What makes me think of Poe is the na......more

Goodreads review by Amy

The Secret Sharer should get more attention than it does. Short but very compelling story.......more

Goodreads review by Jacob

I had a really hard time with this book, even though it wasn't very long. First of all, the constant use of quotation mark (it's a frame story) annoyed me. In addition, the prose wasn't particularly awesome. Sure, there were a couple passages that were memorable, but, on the whole, I wasn't impresse......more