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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: London, England
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’ ⓘ
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski → notableWork → The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' ⓘ
linked to: The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’