# The nigger of the "Narcissus"

By Joseph Conrad.

"The Nigger of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Forecastle" by Joseph Conrad is a novella published in 1897. Aboard the merchant ship Narcissus sailing from Bombay to London, a dying West Indian sailor named James Wait stirs both sympathy and suspicion among the crew. When a violent storm capsizes the ship and calm winds trap them at sea, tensions mount as some believe Wait himself is cursed. Conrad explores solidarity and self-interest within this floating microcosm of society, examining how humanitarian feelings can both unite and divide men facing the sea's indifferent power. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Sea stories; London (England) -- Fiction; Psychological fiction; West Indians -- England -- Fiction; Tuberculosis -- Patients -- Fiction; Terminally ill -- Fiction; Ocean travel -- Fiction; Black people -- Fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Nigger of the Narcissus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/4111) by Joseph Conrad (6 h 21 min, English)
- [Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/17646) by Joseph Conrad (5 h 48 min, English)

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