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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... stream not in the vivid flush of a short day that comes and departs forever , but in the august light of abiding memories . And indeed nothing is easier for a man who has , as the phrase goes , " followed the sea " with reverence and ...
Joseph Conrad. The sun set ; the dusk fell on the stream , and lights began to appear along the shore . The Chapman lighthouse , a three - legged thing erect on a mud - flat , shone strongly . Lights of ships moved in the fairway - a ...
... stream , the stream of darkness . She said suddenly very low , ' He died as he lived . ' " His end , ' said I , with dull anger stirring in me , ' was in every way worthy of his life . ' " " And I was not with him , ' she murmured . My ...