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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... sound weird , appealing , suggestive , and wild - and perhaps with as profound a mean- ing as the sound of bells in a Christian country . Once a white man in an unbuttoned uniform , camping on the path with an armed escort of lank ...
... sounds of human language ; and the deep murmurs of the crowd , interrupted suddenly , were like the responses of some ... sound . The three red chaps had fallen flat , face down on the shore , as though they had been shot dead . Only the ...
... sound of her low voice seemed to have the accompaniment of all the other sounds , full of 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 ...