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Youth (1898)

by Joseph Conrad

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Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad's novels and short stories usually involve grizzled sailors past their prime battling their inner demons. The story Youth: A Narrative represents something of a departure from the formula that made Conrad famous. It's a semi-autobiographical tale that features Marlow, the same character that stood in for the author in Heart of Darkness recounting an early sea voyage that went terribly awry.

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    The Bird of Dawning by John Masefield (ari.joki)
    ari.joki: In Masefield's "Bird of Dawning" and Conrad's "Youth" we find a young naval officer with infinite enthusiasm for seafaring and deep love of the seas. This enthusiasm and love persist even in the face of banalities of life and disastrous events.
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    The Shadow-Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad (cf66)
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This is a story about a young man's (early 20's) first trip to Bangkok from England. Oh, the adventures he has! ( )
  CAFinNY | Apr 26, 2019 |
"Youth! Ah me, youth! the splendour and the mad beauty of youth! Too soon fled, too quickly wilted, is there any mountain we would not climb to get just one more sweet hit of that hangoverless ambosia called YOOOOUUUUTH!?!" Etc. ( )
  MeditationesMartini | Jul 17, 2017 |
The way Conrad reflects a raging inferno off a still ocean, the impatient youth off tired old age, the contrasts all... prepare the reader to wonderfully appreciate the serenity of tropical nature and the imagery that glides along like the scented breeze off a luscious island.
  ari.joki | Oct 5, 2010 |
A seafaring yarn told by Marlow to his drinking companions -- the same basic form as (the longer and later) "Heart of Darkness."
  grunin | Mar 21, 2006 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Conrad, JosephAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jorge Luis BorgesIntroductionmain authorsome editionsconfirmed
Coelho, Bárbara PintoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fenzl, RichardTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Harding, JeremyIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Harrison, B. J.Narratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hughes, ChrisNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hughes-Stanton, BlairIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Lorch, FritzÜbersetzersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Müller, Hans AlexanderIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Mosley, FrancisIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ruyters, AndréTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Schweinitz, Maria vonTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Soule, HugoIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stammerhohann, JochimTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Thomas, Claude NoëlPréfacesecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Trojanow, IlijaAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Vallverdú, ElisabethTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Zäch, AlfredAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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This could have occurred nowhere but in England, where men and sea interpenetrate, so to speak—the sea entering into the life of most men, and the men knowing something or everything about the sea, in the way of amusement, of travel, or of bread-winning.
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O youth! The strength of it, the faith of it, the imagination of it! To me she was not an old rattle-trap carting about the world a lot of coal for a freight--to me she was the endeavor, the test, the trial of life. I think of her with pleasure, with affection, with regret-- as you would think of someone dead you have loved. I shall never forget her. . . . Pass the bottle.
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This work contains the single story Youth. Some editions titled simply Youth also contain Heart of Darkness or another story as well, and should be separated out.
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Classic Literature. Fiction. Short Stories. HTML:

Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad's novels and short stories usually involve grizzled sailors past their prime battling their inner demons. The story Youth: A Narrative represents something of a departure from the formula that made Conrad famous. It's a semi-autobiographical tale that features Marlow, the same character that stood in for the author in Heart of Darkness recounting an early sea voyage that went terribly awry.

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