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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... heard him say , ' My ivory . ' Oh yes , I heard him . ' My Intended , my ivory , my station , my river , my- ' every- thing belonged to him . It made me hold my breath in expectation of hearing the wilderness burst into a prodigious ...
... heard that her engagement with Kurtz had been disapproved by her people . He wasn't rich enough or something . And indeed I don't know whether he had not been a pauper all his life . He had given me some reason to infer that it was his ...
... heard his very last words . . . . ' I stopped in a fright . " Repeat them , ' she murmured in a heartbroken tone ... heard a light sigh and then my heart stood still , stopped dead short by an exulting and terrible cry , by the cry of ...