Colophon

The Shadow Line
was published in 1917 by
Joseph Conrad.

This ebook was produced for
Standard Ebooks
by
Szymon Szott,
and is based on a transcription produced in 2006 by
Judith Boss and David Widger
for
Project Gutenberg
and on digital scans from the
Internet Archive.

The cover page is adapted from
Ships in a Gale,
a painting completed in 1660 by
Willem van de Velde the Younger.
The cover and title pages feature the
League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by
The League of Moveable Type.

This edition was released on
June 30, 2026, 2:48 a.m.
and is based on
revision 3d6b56e.
The first edition of this ebook was released on
September 22, 2025, 5:02 p.m.
You can check for updates to this ebook, view its revision history, or download it for different ereading systems at
standardebooks.org/ebooks/joseph-conrad/the-shadow-line.

The volunteer-driven Standard Ebooks project relies on readers like you to submit typos, corrections, and other improvements. Anyone can contribute at standardebooks.org.