Heart of DarknessDover Publications, 1990 M07 1 - 80 páginas Although Polish by birth, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) is regarded as one of the greatest writers in English, and Heart of Darkness, first published in 1902, is considered by many his "most famous, finest, and most enigmatic story." — Encyclopaedia Britannica. The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ivory trader who exercises an almost godlike sway over the inhabitants of the region. Both repelled and fascinated by the man, Marlow is brought face to face with the corruption and despair that Conrad saw at the heart of human existence. |
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... felt my pulse , evidently thinking of something else the while . ' Good , good for there , ' he mumbled , and then with a certain eagerness asked me whether I would let him measure my head . Rather surprised , I said ' yes , ' when he ...
... felt this to be his unalterable conviction . He was neither civil nor uncivil . He was quiet . He allowed his ' boy ' - an overfed young Negro from the coast - to treat the white men , under his very eyes , with provoking insolence ...
... felt it all the same ; I felt often its myste- rious stillness watching me at my monkey tricks , just as it watches you fellows performing on your respective tightropes for - what is it ? a half crown a tumble- " " Try to be civil ...