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Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master stylist, both lush and precise, who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. Tales of Hearsay is a posthumous collection of four stories, published in 1911, the year after Conrad died, including The Tale which is considered to be the one of his best short stories.
"[...] "Very likely my silence appeared to him sympathetic. All the month of September our regiment, quartered in villages, had come in for an easy time. It was then that I heard most of that-you can't call it a story. The story I have in my mind is not in that. Outpourings, let us call them. "I would sit quite content to hold my peace, a whole hour perhaps, while Tomassov talked with exaltation. And when he was done I would still hold my peace. And then there would be produced a solemn effect of silence[...]".
Four short stories. Two are sea stories.
An odds and ends collection of short-stories which spans Conrad's literary career published shortly after his death. Contents The warrior's soul -- Prince Roman -- The tale -- The black mate.