Joseph Conrad 
Tales Of Hearsay 

lassic Conrad short stories, including: The Warrior’s Soul, Prince Roman, The Tale, The Black Mate. According to Wikipedia: ‘Joseph Conrad (1857 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in the English language—a fact that is remarkable, as he did not learn to speak English fluently until he was in his twenties (and always with a strong Polish accent). He became a naturalized British subject in 1886. Conrad is recognized as a master prose stylist.