Tales of the East and West

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Review: The story Prince Roman recalls Conrad's earliest years in his native Poland. His adventures in the Orient are related in his first novel, Almayer's Folly, and in the masterful shorter works, Karain and The Planter of Malata. Conrad's long ears at sea are chronicled in Falk; his arrival in England as a young Polish exile in Amy Foster. An Outpost of Progress centers around Conrad's fateful journey to the Congo; and his preoccupation with political depotism and treachery is strongly evident in The Warrior's Soul and in his splendid novel, The Secret Agent.