Tales of Unrest (version 2)


Read by Peter Dann

(4.8 stars; 3 reviews)

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 (6 hr 34 min)

Chapters

Author's Note 8:09 Read by Peter Dann
Karain, A Memory, part 1 12:46 Read by Peter Dann
Karain, A Memory, part 2 15:50 Read by Peter Dann
Karain, A Memory, part 3 18:49 Read by Peter Dann
Karain, A Memory, part 4 25:46 Read by Peter Dann
Karain, A Memory, part 5 14:25 Read by Peter Dann
Karain, A Memory, part 6 17:11 Read by Peter Dann
The Idiots, part 1 27:36 Read by Peter Dann
The Idiots, part 2 28:36 Read by Peter Dann
An Outpost of Progress, part 1 26:24 Read by Peter Dann
An Outpost of Progress, part 2 33:09 Read by Peter Dann
The Return, part 1 37:27 Read by Peter Dann
The Return, part 2 36:24 Read by Peter Dann
The Return, part 3 34:44 Read by Peter Dann
The Return, part 4 22:21 Read by Peter Dann
The Lagoon 35:08 Read by Peter Dann

Reviews


(5 stars)

One of the best readings on Libravox. Well done.