Joseph ConradVezi magazinul LibrisDrawing upon his experiences as the captain of a steamer on the Congo River, Joseph Conrad wrote An Outpost of Progress, a sharp critique of British colonialism that the master storyteller considered his best tale.
A precursor to Heart of Darkness, it traces the physical and moral degradation of two English overseers at a remote African trading post, offering a compelling view of the destructive effects of cultural isolation.
This compilation presents four additional short stories: An Anarchist (A Desperate Tale), centering on an ex-convict's association with a radical political faction in nineteenth-century England; The Informer (An Ironic Tale), a character study in political contradictions focusing on an anarchist's embrace of bourgeois values; Il Conde (A Pathetic Tale), in which a violent crime disrupts a nobleman's visit to Naples; and A Smile of Fortune, which recounts how a seafarer's romantic inclinations lead him into misplacing his loyalty.
