The Shadow-Line
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Narrated by:
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Fred Williams
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By:
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Joseph Conrad
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It is the qualities, both individual and collective, needed to confront the ship's crisis that symbolize the qualities needed by humanity, not only to face evil and destruction but also to come to terms with life.
©1923 Joseph Conrad (P)2000 Blackstone AudiobooksListeners also enjoyed...
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- Tallulahbelle
- 20-07-22
Conrad
As always Conrad uses three words rather than one “wonderful. This has been an absolute pleasure for me.
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- M
- 24-06-21
A gripping yarn, read by a pro
Fred Williams has the most perfect, measured, sonorous voice for this salty tale of coming of age, captaincy and a desperate struggle against both natural foes and the malignant influence of supernatural rumour.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-06-22
Here come the cavalry
I loved the phrasing, strange pronunciation and all. A worthy ending, a reason to persevere although my attention may have slipped a few times.
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- Pierre Bovington
- 02-09-23
A Conrad gem
I did not know this book, thanks to Audible, I benefited from a special offer.
Conrad was a writer who worked at sea,.
This story is typical of how a crew is hired at short notice.
I couldn't get the supposed supernatural part, which is in the introduction. Maybe it's part of sailship lore.
This is a tragic sea story based on the author's experiences.
The narrator, reading a book written in 1917, does a good job.
My grandfather, who brought me up, was from that era, the language, Conrad, is spot on.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-01-23
Great novel let down by the narration
This book is crying out for a decent narrator.
Above it names Fred Williams as narrator in the recording it names William Sutherland, who ever it is makes the aged Conrad recalling his first youthful and eventful ship’s command sound like a bumbling old fool. Excruciating! Let’s have new one please.
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- serena
- 23-08-21
bad recording quality
Very bad recording quality. You should have used a de-esser and a pop filter at least to make the sound better and clearer. In my opinion, such products, even if "included in the subscription", should not be on Audible.
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