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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... rest , after his hours of work , a casual stroll or a casual spree on shore suffices to unfold for him the secret of a whole continent , and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing . The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity ...
... rest of us , found what they deserved . I did not inquire . I was then rather excited at the prospect of meeting Kurtz very soon . When I say very soon I mean it comparatively . It was just two months from the day we left the creek when ...
... rest of us fed out of tins , with an occasional old he - goat thrown in , didn't want to stop the steamer for some more or less recondite reasons . So , unless they swallowed the wire itself , or made loops of it to snare the fishes ...