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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... mean it comparatively . It was just two months from the day we left the creek when we came to the bank below Kurtz's station . " Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world , when vegetation ...
... mean , without any kind of sense . Voices , voices — even the girl herself — now— ' He was silent for a long time . 99 " I laid the ghost of his gifts at last with a lie , " he began , suddenly . “ Girl ! What ? Did I mention a girl ...
... 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 struggled ! he ...