The Nigger of the Narcissus and The Secret Sharer

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Joseph Conrad. The Nigger of the Narcissus and The Secret Sharer

THE NIGGER OF THE 'NARCISSUS' PREFACE

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

THE SECRET SHARER. I

II

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CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

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But he saw a tall figure standing on the rail. It came down and pushed through the crowd, marching with a heavy tread towards the light on the quarter-deck. Then again the sonorous voice said with insistence:—'Wait!' The lamplight lit up the man's body. He was tall. His head was away up in the shadows of lifeboats that stood on skids above the deck. The whites of his eyes and his teeth gleamed distinctly, but the face was indistinguishable. His hands were big and seemed gloved.

Mr. Baker advanced intrepidly. 'Who are you? How dare you...' he began.

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