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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... Ivory , ' jerked the nephew ; ' lots of it - prime sort ― lots - most annoying , from him . ' ' And with that ? ' questioned the heavy rumble . ' Invoice , ' was the reply fired out , so to speak . Then silence . They had been talking ...
... ivory ball ; it had caressed him , and - lo ! -he had withered ; it had taken him , loved him , embraced him , got into his veins , consumed his flesh , and sealed his soul to its own by the inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish ...
... ivory the chief of that village near my house gave me . You see I used to shoot game for them . Well , he wanted it , and wouldn't hear reason . He declared he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory and then cleared out of the ...