Conrad, Joseph,  1857-1924 <br/><br/>
The nigger of the "Narcissus" 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nigger_of_the_%22Narcissus%22  Release date is 2006-02-09 
<br/><br/>Produced by David Widger  Produced by David Widger 
<br/><br/> "The Nigger of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Forecastle" by Joseph Conrad is a novella published in 1897. Aboard the merchant ship Narcissus sailing from Bombay to London, a dying West Indian sailor named James Wait stirs both sympathy and suspicion among the crew. When a violent storm capsizes the ship and calm winds trap them at sea, tensions mount as some believe Wait himself is cursed. Conrad explores solidarity and self-interest within this floating microcosm of society, examining how humanitarian feelings can both unite and divide men facing the sea's indifferent power. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Sea stories London (England) -- Fiction Psychological fiction West Indians -- England -- Fiction Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Fiction Terminally ill -- Fiction Ocean travel -- Fiction Black people -- Fiction 
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