The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’

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The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ is an 1897 novella by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of racial otherness, isolation, and solidarity among sailors aboard a storm-tossed ship.

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instanceOf literary work
novella
addressesIssue class tension among sailors
racism
alternativeTitleUsedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
author Joseph Conrad
centralConflict crew’s attitude toward James Wait
centralEvent storm at sea
centralMotif the ship as microcosm of society
containsCharacter Captain Allistoun
Donkin
James Wait
Singleton
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublicationFormat serial publication
firstPublishedIn The New Review
form prose
genre modernist literature precursor
psychological fiction
sea story
hasAlternativeTitle Children of the Sea
hasControversialAspect use of a racial slur in the title
hasShipName Narcissus
inspiredBy Joseph Conrad’s own seafaring experiences
length novella-length
literaryPeriod late Victorian literature
literarySignificance early example of Conrad’s mature style
important precursor to literary modernism
mainCharacter Captain Allistoun
Donkin
James Wait
Singleton
narrativePerspective first-person plural frame narrator
narrativeTechnique impressionism
shifting focalization
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationYear 1897
publisher William Heinemann
setting a merchant ship
voyage from Bombay to London
theme death and mortality
individual versus group
isolation
moral responsibility
racial otherness
shipboard community
solidarity

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Joseph Conrad notableWork The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’