The Secret Sharer is the story of a nameless captain sailing with his crew in the Gulf of Siam at the beginning of the twentieth century. Unsure of himself and new to his commission, the captain takes a fugitive sailor aboard without his crew's knowledge. He protects the man, Leggatt, from the consequences of his past crimes before finally helping him to escape onto land with a difficult maneuver that proves his seamanship to his crew.
In 1909 ten years after the publication of Heart of Darkness except for the revision of his first story The Black Mate Joseph Conrad had not written a short work since the spring of 1907 Without warning he received a visit from Captain C M Marris recently returned from the Malay Seas As Conrad explained to Pinker It was like the raising of a lot of dead dead to me because most of them live out there and even read my books and wonder who the devil has been around taking notes My visitor told me
Secret Sharer Joseph Conrad was a twentieth century Polish novelist Many people consider him the greatest English novelist in the English language Even though he was considered one of the greatest English novelists he could not speak English fluently until he was in his twenties One thing that influenced Joseph Conrads inspiring literature is his experience in traveling around the world Conrads literature consists of the different styles of techniques he uses to display his well recognized work