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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... sorrow , devotion , valor , rage - who can tell ? -but truth - truth stripped of its cloak of time . Let the fool gape and shudder - the man knows , and can look on without a wink . But he must at least be as much of a man as these on ...
... sorrow - I saw her sorrow in the very moment of his death . Do you understand ? I saw them together - I heard them together . She had said , with a deep catch of the breath , ' I have survived ' while my strained ears seemed to hear ...
... 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 voice speaking from beyond the ...