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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... strolled despondently , carrying a rifle by its middle . He had a uniform jacket with one button off , and seeing a white man on the path , hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity . This was simple prudence , white men being so ...
... strolled up . There was no hurry . You see the thing had gone off like a box of matches . It had been hopeless from the very first . The flame had leaped high , driven everybody back , lighted up everything — and col- lapsed . The shed ...
... strolled about listlessly , pouring water on the glow , whence proceeded a sound of hissing ; steam ascended in the moonlight , the beaten nigger groaned somewhere . ' What a row the brute makes ! ' said the indefatigable man with the ...