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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"A narrow and deserted street in deep shadow, high houses, innumerable
windows with Venetian blinds, a dead silence, grass sprouting between the
stones, imposing carriage archways right and left, immense double doors
standing ...
... and more blinding than the night. It did not shift or drive; it was just there,
standing all round you like something solid. At eight or nine, perhaps, it lifted as a
shutter lifts. We had a glimpse of the towering multitude of trees, of the immense ...
that time itself lingers around me, impalpable, like a dying vibration of one
immense jabber, silly, atrocious, sordid, savage, or simply mean, without any kind
of sense. Voices, voices — even the girl herself- — now — " He was silent for a
long ...
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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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