Youth

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"Youth" is a short story by Joseph Conrad that recounts a young sailor's first voyage to the East and reflects on the idealism and resilience of early adulthood.

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Youth canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story
author Joseph Conrad
collectedWith Heart of Darkness
The End of the Tether
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Captain Beard
Mahser
firstPublishedIn 1898
Blackwood's Magazine
form frame narrative
genre autobiographical fiction
nautical fiction
hasLiteraryStyle modernist precursor
hasMotive contrast between youth and age
reflection on early adulthood
includedIn Youth: A Narrative; and Two Other Stories
inspiredBy Joseph Conrad's early sea voyages
language English
literaryPeriod late Victorian literature
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Charles Marlow
protagonist Charles Marlow
publisher William Blackwood and Sons
setting East Indies
Java Sea
North Sea
theme disillusionment
maritime adventure
memory
passage of time
resilience
youthful idealism

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Joseph Conrad notableWork Youth
Paul Dano notableWork Youth
Ed Stoppard notableWork Youth