The Shadow-Line

Joseph Conrad

Oct 2022 · Naxos of America, Inc. · Narrated by David Horovitch

About this audiobook

An unsettling tale of plague, drift and terror, The Shadow-Line documents a young seaman’s coming of age after he is recruited to captain a ship for the first time. Bad luck and disease haunt the inexperienced hero and his crew, and the evil legacy of the previous captain overshadows them with a feeling of supernatural menace. Against all odds, the young captain must get his crew through the Gulf of Siam to safety in Singapore, before they succumb to malaria and the curse of his mad predecessor. Written in 1915 and based on Conrad’s own experiences 27 years earlier, The Shadow-Line is a gripping take on the lines between youth and maturity, sanity and madness.

About the author

David Horovitch has had a long and distinguished career. His appearances in the theatre include many in the West End, the National Theatre and the RSC. On television he is best known for his performance as Inspector Slack in Miss Marple. He recently appeared as Grand Maester Mellos in the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon. Among his many readings for Naxos AudioBooks are Dickens’s Nicholas Nickleby, Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.