The Secret Sharer (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jósef Teodor Konrad Na& Korzeniowski
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Plot: Coming of age
- Time of Work: 1880
- Setting: The Gulf of Siam
- Principal Characters: The captain, The chief mate, The second mate, Leggatt, Archbold
- Genres: Short fiction, Adventure, Sea story
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Punishment, Ships, Southeast Asia
- Locales: Siam
The Story
As the story opens, the young protagonist, having suddenly been given his first command of a ship, feels a stranger to the ship, to the crew, and to himself. Untested by the rigors and responsibilities of command, he wonders to himself “how far I should turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one's own personality every man sets up for himself secretly.” He has not long to learn, for no sooner does he assume his duties as captain than he spies, one night while on watch, a young swimmer hanging onto the ship's rope ladder. He hauls the swimmer on board, only...
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