Tales of Unrest (version 2)

by Joseph Conrad

Literary Fiction Single Author Collections

16 chapters6h 34mEnglish1920

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A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is determined to bear no more. A spoonful of sugar brings a neophyte ivory trader to a moment of Nietzschean self-realisation. A pompous ass discovers that his wife has run off with another man. Secluded in an eerie lagoon, a Malay carries a guilty secret in his heart. "Tales of Unrest" was the first volume of short fiction Joseph Conrad published in his own lifetime. While some of these tales evoke the settings of Conrad's earliest novels, others clearly anticipate elements of Conrad's subsequent masterworks "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Agent". - Summary by Peter Dann

Chapters (15)

1Karain, A Memory, part 1

766

2Karain, A Memory, part 2

950

3Karain, A Memory, part 3

1129

4Karain, A Memory, part 4

1546

5Karain, A Memory, part 5

865

6Karain, A Memory, part 6

1031

7The Idiots, part 1

1656

8The Idiots, part 2

1716

9An Outpost of Progress, part 1

1584

10An Outpost of Progress, part 2

1989

11The Return, part 1

2247

12The Return, part 2

2184

13The Return, part 3

2084

14The Return, part 4

1341

15The Lagoon

2108

Tales of Unrest (version 2)

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Chapters (15)

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