Heart of DarknessDover Publications, 1. jul. 1990 - 80 sider 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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... gave my name , and looked about . Deal table in the middle , plain chairs all round the walls , on one end a large shining map , marked with all the colors of a rainbow . There was a vast amount of red - good to see at any time ...
... gave one a momentary contact with reality . It was paddled by black fellows . You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening . They shouted , sang ; their bodies streamed with per- spiration ; they had faces like ...
... gave me . You see I used to shoot game for them . Well , he wanted it , and wouldn't hear reason . He declared he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory and then cleared out of the country , because he could do so , and had a fancy ...