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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... hear about one of Marlow's inconclusive experiences . " I don't want to bother you much with what happened to me personally , " he began , showing in this remark the weakness of many tellers of tales who seem so often unaware of what ...
... hear a sound , but through my glasses I saw the thin arm extended commandingly , the lower jaw moving , the eyes of that apparition shining darkly far in its bony head that nodded with grotesque jerks . Kurtz - Kurtz - that means short ...
... hear .. " " To the very end , ' I said , shakily . ' I heard his very last words . . . . ' I stopped in a fright . " Repeat them , ' she murmured in a heartbroken tone . ' I want - I want something - something - to - to live with ...