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    A Study Guide for Joseph Conrad's "Outpost of Progress"
    A Study Guide for Joseph Conrad's "Outpost of Progress"
    A Study Guide for Joseph Conrad's "Outpost of Progress"
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    A Study Guide for Joseph Conrad's "Outpost of Progress"

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    A Study Guide for Joseph Conrad's "Outpost of Progress," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535830454
    A Study Guide for Joseph Conrad's "Outpost of Progress"

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      A Study Guide for Joseph Conrad's "Outpost of Progress" - Gale

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      An Outpost of Progress

      Joseph Conrad

      1897

      Introduction

      Joseph Conrad's An Outpost of Progress is a short story that has been all but eclipsed by the author's only other tale of central Africa, the short novel Heart of Darkness (1899). Both stories involve a trading post in the heart of the jungle and focus on the savagery and madness than can afflict civilized humans so far from the protections of their familiar world. However, readers may find that the shorter length and the darkly humorous style of An Outpost of Progress make it the more accessible of the two tales.

      Originally printed in two installments in the magazine Cosmopolis, the story was later published in the collection Tales of Unrest (1898). An Outpost of Progress is currently available in the public domain from sources such as Project Gutenberg, and the story is also included in the Penguin Classics collection The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’ and Other Stories (2007).

      The story concerns two inexperienced agents, Kayerts and Carlier, who run a remote trading station in the jungles of colonial Africa. During the many months that elapse between contact with trading company officials, the men are left to their own devices at the station. The isolation and harsh conditions affect them both physically and mentally, and the two men end up meeting with tragic fates.

      The tale borrows many details Conrad picked up during his short time as a steamboat captain in the Congo Free State, a region that later became famous for the barbaric treatment of native peoples at the hands of European agents. Conrad himself called the story the lightest part of the loot I carried off from Central Africa, the main portion being of course ‘The Heart of Darkness.’ Though the horrors depicted in Conrad's tale must have seemed outrageous to many British readers, he writes in his original Author's Note to Tales of Unrest that the story is true enough in its essentials. The sustained invention of a really telling lie demands a talent which I do not possess.

      Author Biography

      Conrad was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Berdychiv, Ukraine, on December 3, 1857. His father Apollo was a Polish patriot and esteemed author and translator, responsible for bringing the works of Victor Hugo and William Shakespeare to Polish

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