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  <title><![CDATA[The Secret Sharer and other stories]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1909</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In his essay, &quot;The Condition of Art&quot;, Joseph Conrad says of the artist:<br/><br/>He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain; to the latent feeling of fellowship with all creation--to the subt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38747455">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Feb 28 22:07:29 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This old edition contained the stories, &quot;Youth&quot;, &quot;The Secret Sharer&quot;, and &quot;The Shadow Line&quot;. The stories all deal with the same themes of youth, being in first in command and tests against values and experience. They're all written from a first-person narrator, in a ver...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15378857">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49149234">
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  <date_added>Fri Mar 13 09:08:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 13 09:08:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Masterful and captivating. A great read]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[AP English (@ MV)]]></body>
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    <review id="34062026">
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 28 15:24:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 16 11:29:15 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There's something vaguely magical about Conrad's ships.  The Secret Sharer is definitely the best, but Youth: A Narrative is pretty decent.  Typhoon was a tad boring, though.    The Captain wasn't dynamic or interesting and some of the ship descriptions were perhaps too technical for modern readers.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34062026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38173376">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 19 16:37:06 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Conrad and I simply never clicked. I never really like his over use of description and attempts at suspense. This book is one of the few with the doppelganger motif and he leaves things rather vague in this respect, and put bluntly, it seemed rather a story about nothing much.]]></body>
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    <review id="13239013">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 23 00:20:34 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 23 00:23:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is another one of those books I read for class that I was  most likely only one who felt an affinity towards. Another short read and not too action-packed. It's hard to review this without giving too much away, but there's a lot of dual personality references in here.]]></body>
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    <review id="4445540">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 12 16:51:44 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book good but not extraordinary.  I find a great book one that I can remember after I have read it and has impacted me for better or worse.  After reading selected passages it reminded me of &quot;Moby Dick&quot; in subject only slightly more like Hemingway in style.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="26910876">
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  <date_added>Thu Jul 10 19:07:23 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 10 19:07:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm surprised at how provocative (and evocative)I found this story to be - especially when I realized, upon re-reading it after many years -  that &quot;the secret sharer&quot; was a murderer. (So much for my cozy, romantic preconception.)]]></body>
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    <review id="1495568">
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  <date_added>Mon May 28 11:41:58 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 28 11:43:21 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The Secret Sharer&quot; is one of my favorite stories.  It takes place on a ship on the ocean, but it's also as if it takes place in the subconscious mind.  It's dreamy.  I loved it.]]></body>
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    <review id="20396000">
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    <name><![CDATA[dead letter office]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[i think conrad is weirder and more complicated than i give him credit for. i need to read more of his stuff, because i think it might be an acquired taste.]]></body>
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    <review id="25570602">
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    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Joseph Conrad is my favorite &quot;high school book&quot; author and &quot;The Secret Sharer&quot; is one of my favorites. Also a big fan of &quot;An Outpost of Progress.&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="7626814">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 12 10:27:48 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 12 10:28:40 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I may be incorrectly attacking this edition, but the one I read, which I cannot recall now, was poorly edited. But the story was very good.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7626814]]></url>
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    <review id="10687439">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 19 09:24:17 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 19 09:25:21 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good &quot;duality of man&quot; tale.  Resonated with me as I transitioned from fun-loving college student to responsible professional adult.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10687439]]></url>
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    <review id="24096228">
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    <name><![CDATA[Reed]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 09 16:02:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Conrad rules 5000. Total moral terror. AND BOATS. AND SYSTEMS. ALL AT THE SAME TIME. What more do you want?]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24096228]]></url>
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    <review id="37560800">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kelly]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 12 16:48:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 12 17:08:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I piggy backed this book on 'The Heart of Darkness.'  Also a really good (and quick!) read.]]></body>
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    <review id="9790571">
    <user id="173589">
    <name><![CDATA[Sheffy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 30 21:15:31 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 30 21:15:31 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why did I give this 2 stars in high school, since I found it &quot;short but boring&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="12473967">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Jan 14 08:01:07 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My word, I loved this book. The best short story I've ever read. ]]></body>
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    <review id="19003598">
    <user id="1002811">
    <name><![CDATA[Kelli ]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 30 12:16:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 30 12:17:23 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite Joseph Conrad!!! :D]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19003598]]></url>
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