As the first collection of short stories written by Joseph Conrad, it is worth reading since we can learn from his early works the writing style and features of the author. This collection consists of five short story, each with an unresting story.

Tales of Unrest is a collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad originally published in 1898. Four of the five stories had been published previously in various magazines. This was the first published collection of any of Conrad’s stories.

Joseph Conrad（3 December 1857 – 3 August 1937) was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England.He wrote stories and novels, often with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an indifferent universe. He was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English sensibility into English literature.