A set of six
A set of six is a collection of short stories written by Joseph Conrad in 1908.
It is a collection of short stories quite enjoyable in which we can highlight "The Duel", perhaps the most famous and best valued of the set.
Some are versions of or have similarities with other stories previously published by Joseph Conrad, such as the relationship between Gaspar Ruiz and The Heart of Darkness.
The book is composed of the following stories:
- Gaspar Ruiz
- The informer
- The brute
- An anarchist
- The duel
- Il conde
"General Santierra was right in his surmise. Such was the exact nature of the assistance which Gaspar Ruiz, peasant son of peasants, received from the Royalist family whose daughter had ooopened the door of their miserable refuge to his extreme distress. Her sombre resolution ruled the madness of her father and the trembling bewilderment of her mother".
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- Pages
- 226
- Reading time
- 7 hours 4 minutes
- Pace
- Intermediate
- First published
- 1908
- Language
- English
118 years later, still timely
Why Read A Set of Six in 2026?
Six tight dramas of risk, loyalty, and self-deception. Conrad makes conscience feel like weather.
Today's connection
Global entanglement and personal choice remain inseparable. These stories train judgment without preaching.
World in miniature
Ports, politics, people.
Moral weather
Fronts of fear and courage.
Self-knowledge
The hardest sight to earn.
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About the author
Joseph Conrad
Sea, empire, and conscience in a prose that listens to ambiguity and cost.
