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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... night and day ) I wasn't disturbed . There was an old hippo that had the bad habit of getting out on the bank and roaming at night over the station grounds . The pilgrims used to turn out in a body and empty every rifle they could lay ...
... night more could not matter much after so many months . As we had plenty of wood , and caution was the word , I brought up in the middle of the stream . The reach was narrow , straight , with high sides like a railway cutting . The dusk ...
... night was very clear ; a dark blue space , sparkling with dew and starlight , in which black things stood very still . I thought I could see a kind of motion ahead of me . I was strangely cocksure of everything that night . I actually ...