Heart of DarknessAlthough 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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But as I stood on this hillside, I foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I
would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil of a
rapacious and pitiless folly. How insidious he could be, too, I was only to find out
...
I stood in the doorway, peering, and the arrows came in swarms. They might
have been poisoned, but they looked as though they wouldn't kill a cat. The bush
began to howl. Our woodcutters raised a warlike whoop; the report of a rifle just at
...
The 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 left the track and ...
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| Título | Heart of Darkness Dover Thrift Editions |
| Autor | Joseph Conrad |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Dover Publications, 1990 |
| ISBN | 0486264645, 9780486264646 |
| Largo | 80 páginas |
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