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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... remember I did once turn fresh - water sailor for a bit , " that we knew we were fated , before the ebb began to run , to hear about one of Marlow's inconclusive experiences . " I don't want to bother you much with what happened to me ...
... remember best — a vision of grayness without form filled with physical pain , and a careless contempt for the evanescence of all things - even of this pain itself . No ! It is his extremity that I seem to have lived through . True , he ...
... remember him , ' I said , hastily . " " No ! ' she cried . ' It is impossible that all this should be lost - that such a life should be sacrificed to leave nothing - but sorrow . You know what vast plans he had . I knew of them , too ...