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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... Land in a swamp , march through the woods , and in some inland post feel the savagery , the utter savagery , had closed round him— all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest , in the jungles , in the hearts of ...
... land , this river , this jungle , the very arch of this blazing sky , appear to me so hopeless and so dark , so impenetrable to human thought , so pitiless to human weakness . And , ever since , you have been with him , of course ? ' I ...
... land invaded by these mean and greedy phantoms . " Kurtz discoursed . A voice ! a voice ! It rang deep to the very last . It survived his strength to hide in the magnificent folds of eloquence the barren darkness of his heart . Oh , he ...