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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... mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance ; for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself , which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as destiny . For the rest , after his hours of work , a ...
... mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest , in the jungles , in the hearts of wild men . There's no initiation either into such mysteries . He has to live in the midst of the incomprehensible , which is also detestable ...
... mystery , desolation , and sorrow , I had ever heard - the ripple of the river , the soughing of the trees swayed by the wind , the murmurs of the crowds , the faint ring of incomprehensible words cried from afar , the whisper of a ...