Tale, the (1917) [Short Story]
by Joseph Conrad
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Summary
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At the request of a woman a man tells the tale of a commanding officer out at sea during World War I.
Originally published in The Strand Magazine, October 1917.
Reprinted in:
- The Metropolitan Magazine as "The Commanding Officer," February 1918
- The Golden Book, May 1927
- The Argosy, April 1929
- Encore as "No Man's Sea," February 1944
Original title: The Tale
Alternative titles: The Commanding Officer
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Tales of Hearsay (1925) [Collection]
Author: Joseph Conrad
Fifty Great Short Stories (1952) [Anthology]
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