The Shadow Line, A Confession (also published as The Shadow-Line) is a short novel by Joseph Conrad; it is one of his later works, being written from February to December 1915. It was first published in 1916 as a serial in the English Review (September 1916-March 1917) and in New York's Metropolitan Magazine (September-October). It was published in book form in 1917 in the UK (March) and USA (April).
