{"product_id":"an-outpost-of-progress-and-other-stories","title":"An Outpost of Progress and Other Stories","description":"Drawing 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.","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"perpetual","offer_id":44460332515425,"sku":"9780486841595","price":1.5,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/9869\/4241\/files\/480_2dfe22f6-b861-489b-b47a-4ea0b8e78b7f.jpg?v=1778570299","url":"https:\/\/ebooks.aafaqeducation.com\/products\/an-outpost-of-progress-and-other-stories","provider":"ebook.aafaqeducation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}