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Joseph Conrad Tales of Unrest (Paperback). Title: Tales of Unrest. These five stories were collected and published asTales of Unrest in 1898, shortly beforeHeart of Darkness, the first of Conrad’s major novels. Ranging from the faraway and unfamiliar, where the acquisitiveness of colonial adventure is damningly exposed, to an ostensibly ordinary London household, these disparate tales display Conrad’s ability to explore and lay bare human nature. Further DetailsTitle: Tales of Unrest Condition: New Author: Joseph Conrad Publisher: Alma Classics Subtitle: Annotated Edition Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 1847496482 EAN: 9781847496485 ISBN: 9781847496485 Genre: Fiction Release Date: 05/31/2018 Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 128mm Item Weight: 220g Language: English Description: These five stories were collected and published as Tales of Unrest in 1898, shortly before Heart of Darkness , the first of Conrad’s major novels. Ranging from the faraway and unfamiliar, where the acquisitiveness of colonial adventure is damningly exposed, to an ostensibly ordinary London household, these disparate tales display Conrad’s ability to explore and lay bare human nature.Set in Central Africa, ‘An Outpost of Progress’ is suffused with irony and represents a ruthlessly mocking view of European imperialism. ‘Karain’ and ‘The Lagoon’ are exotic tales of the Malay Archipelago, with the former telling of disharmony and discord between Western traders and the indigenous inhabitants. ‘The Return’ recounts the story of, in the author’s own words, “a desirable middle-class town residence which somehow manages to produce a sinister effect”. The collection also includes ‘The Idiots’, the first of Conrad’s short stories to be serialized in an English magazine. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Topic: Classic Fiction Item Width: 18mm Release Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
