Heart of DarknessAlthough 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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'H'm. Just so,' grunted the uncle. 'Ah! my boy, trust to this — I say, trust to this.' I
saw him extend his short flipper of an arm for a gesture that took in the forest, the
creek, the mud, the river — seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before
...
He was shamefully abandoned. A man like this, with such ideas. Shamefully!
Shamefully! I — I — haven't slept for the last ten nights. . . .' "His voice lost itself in
the calm of the evening. The long shadows of the forest had slipped downhill
while ...
The stretcher shook as the bearers staggered forward again, and almost at the
same time I noticed that the crowd of savages was vanishing without any
perceptible movement of retreat, as if the forest that had ejected these beings so
suddenly ...
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| Título | Heart of Darkness Dover Thrift Editions |
| Autor | Joseph Conrad |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Dover Publications, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0486264645, 9780486264646 |
| Largo | 80 páginas |
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