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The End of the Tether

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First published: 1902
Pages: 129

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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
18:46
Chapter 3
13:02
Chapter 4
18:25
Chapter 5
23:01
Chapter 6
13:04
Chapter 7
12:24
Chapter 8
18:32
Chapter 9
23:27
Chapter 10
22:50
Chapter 11
29:41
Chapter 12
31:24
Chapter 13
38:32
Chapter 14
44:54

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Captain Whalley has spent a lifetime at sea with an unblemished record, but a bank collapse has wiped out the savings meant for his daughter far away in Melbourne. Aging and quietly going blind, he takes command of a shabby coastal steamer in the Malay Archipelago, concealing his failing sight with the silent help of his Malay boatswain so he can keep sending her money. Conrad turns this simple situation into a study of pride, paternal love, and the fear of becoming useless. The greedy engineer who half owns the ship senses something amiss, and the voyage moves toward a quiet catastrophe. First published in 1902, the novella remains one of his most affecting portraits of a proud man's decline.

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Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English, though it was his third language. His works probe moral isolation, colonialism, and the darkness within.