ON CAPTAIN MIKE'S KINDLE: Within the Tides by Joesph Conrad

I have not read a lot of Joesph Conrad.  I did read Heart of Darkness  a number of years ago. But, really nothing else by him until I put Within the Tides on my Kindle  recently. The four short stories in this book really opened me up to what a great writer Joesph Conrad was.  The stories in this collection like many of his books involves sailors and Captains of vessels.  What Conrad shows in these tales is the trouble sailors can get into when they spend to much time on land. These troubles of Conrad's characters might be the result of a beautiful woman as is the case in The Planter of Malata. Though the Captains awkward ways from being to long at sea seemed to be the crux of his problems.  Or it could come in the form of the the macabre story called The Inn of the Two Witches which is a rather haunting tale that was hard for me to put down. Another sailor is nearly done in while taking his vessel on a goodwill mission. Another tale tells of the tragedy that happens when one ship owner falls under the sway of a nefarious fellow of dubious ethics. In all the stories Conrad's characters both major and minor ones are well described and weave in and out of the tales vividly. I enjoyed the stories in the book and developed a real appreciation of Conrad as one of the world's great writers. It's also available for the Kindle  as a free download
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