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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... woods , and in some inland post feel the savagery , the utter savagery , had closed round him— all that mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest , in the jungles , in the hearts of wild men . There's no initiation ...
... woods as the humming of bees comes out of a hive , and had a strange narcotic effect upon my half - awake senses . I believe I dozed off leaning over the rail , till an abrupt burst of yells , an overwhelming outbreak of a pent - up and ...
... woods , those broken phrases came back to me , were heard again in their ominous and terrifying simplicity . I remembered his abject pleading , his abject threats , the colossal scale of his vile desires , the meanness , the torment ...