The children of the sea : a tale of the forecastle
Joseph Conrad (Author), Dodd, Mead & Company (Publisher)
Aboard the Narcissus, a merchant ship bound from Bombay to London, a West Indian sailor lies ill from a severe case of tuberculosis. While some of the crew are happy to take on more work in order to let him rest, others debate the seriousness of the man's condition
Print Book, English, 1897
Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1897