The Secret Sharer

The Secret Sharer is a short story by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad originally written in 1909 and first published in two parts in the August and September 1910 editions of Harpers Magazine. It was later included in the short story collection Twixt Land and Sea (1912). The story was adapted for a segment of the 1952 film Face to Face and also for a one-act play in 1969 by C. R. (Chuck) Wobbe. A film Secret Sharer inspired by the story and directed by Peter Fudakowski was released in the United Kingdom in June 2014. When the story begins Conrad implies that the Captain gained his post through connections rather than by steadily rising through the ranks of his fellow sailors. By the end of the story however Leggatt helps the Captain become more assured with his command and more respected by his crew.