A Set of Six

Name: A Set of Six
Author: Conrad, Joseph
Conrad, Joseph
Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction; Short stories
Produced by Judy Boss and David Widger





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    <h1>
      A SET OF SIX
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      By Joseph Conrad
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      <br /> <br /> <i>Les petites marionnettes<br /> Font, font, font, <br /> Trois
      petits tours <br /> Et puis s&rsquo;en vont</i>.<br /> &mdash;NURSERY RHYME <br />
      <br />
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    <h3>
      TO MISS M. H. M. CAPES
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      Contents
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          <p class="toc">
            <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> AUTHOR&rsquo;S NOTE </a>
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            <a href="#link2H_4_0003"> GASPAR RUIZ </a>
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            <a href="#link2H_4_0004"> THE INFORMER </a>
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            <a href="#link2H_4_0005"> THE BRUTE </a>
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          <p class="toc">
            <a href="#link2H_4_0006"> AN ANARCHIST </a>
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            <a href="#link2H_4_0007"> THE DUEL </a>
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            <a href="#link2H_4_0008"> IL CONDE </a>
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    <h2>
      AUTHOR&rsquo;S NOTE
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      The six stories in this volume are the result of some three or four years
      of occasional work. The dates of their writing are far apart, their
      origins are various. None of them are connected directly with personal
      experiences. In all of them the facts are inherently true, by which I mean
      that they are not only possible but that they have actually happened. For
      instance, the last story in the volume, the one I call Pathetic, whose
      first title is Il Conde (misspelt by-the-by) is an almost verbatim
      transcript of the tale told me by a very charming old gentleman whom I met
      in Italy. I don&rsquo;t mean to say it is only that. Anybody can see that it is
      something more than a verbatim report, but where he left off and where I
      began must be left to the acute discrimination of the reader who may be
      interested in the problem. I don&rsquo;t mean to say that the problem is worth
      the trouble. What I am certain of, however, is that it is not to be
      solved, for I am not at all clear about it myself by this time. All I can
      say is that the personality of the narrator was extremely suggestive quite
      apart from the story he was telling me. I heard a few years ago that he
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