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Tales of Unrest
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Tales of Unrest is Joseph Conrad's collection of five short stories exploring isolation, moral crisis, and colonial life in settings ranging from the Malay Archipelago to Europe. It suits readers interested in early Conrad and literary short fiction with an adventurous, psychological bent.
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Getting Started with Joseph ConradA guide to the Polish-British master of English prose for readers meeting his work for the first time.
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties – he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature.
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