Length6h 43m
About this audiobook
In his first collection of short stories, Joseph Conrad, the peerless chronicler of moral crisis, turns his gaze from the high seas to the even more perilous terrain of the soul. Tales of Unrest gathers five masterful explorations of obsession, fear, and the fragility of civilisation.
Journey to the remote reaches of the Malay Archipelago, where a European trader becomes the unlikely confessor to "Karain: A Memory", a native chieftain haunted by a ghostly betrayal. "The Idiots" exposes a shocking hereditary secret that tears a simple family apart. In the Congo's oppressive silence, "The Outpost of Progress" delivers a devastating indictment of colonialism as two arrogant agents, left to their own devices, succumb to utter savagery. Returning to London, Conrad unveils the modern abyss in "The Return", where a single confession of infidelity shatters a man's meticulously constructed world, revealing the hollowness beneath. The collection closes with the haunting, atmospheric "The Lagoon", a mournful tale of forbidden love, treachery, and death, recounted on a silent river shrouded in mist and remorse.
Unflinching and psychologically profound, these stories showcase Conrad's early modernist genius. They map the universal unrest born from guilt, isolation, and the chilling realisation that the greatest darkness often lies within.
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Rating★★★★ 3.8 (910)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Action and Adventure
Length6 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1By the same author in the Cactus catalogue:
10V
2Dedication
11VI
3AUTHOR’S NOTE
12THE IDIOTS
4TALES OF UNREST
13AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS
5KARAIN, A MEMORY
14I
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6I
15II
7II
16THE RETURN
8III
17THE LAGOON
9IV
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