"Tales of Unrest" by Joseph Conrad is a collection of five works of short fiction. The volume contains: "The Black Mate," " The Idiots," "An Outpost of Progress," "The Lagoon," "Karain," and "The Return." Of the five stories that compose Tales of Unrest, four are concerned with destructive illusions, in which the protagonists suffer "the crippling nature of moral blindness." These tales have caused readers to think critically since they were first released.