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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... remained , and went on with my dinner . I believe I was considered brutally callous . However , I did not eat much . There was a lamp in there - light , don't you know - and outside it was so beastly , beastly dark . I went no more near ...
... remained loyal to Kurtz to the last , and even beyond , when a long time after I heard once more , not his own voice , but the echo of his magnificent eloquence thrown to me from a soul as translucently pure as a cliff of crystal . " No ...
... remained only his memory and his Intended - and I wanted to give that up , too , to the past , in a way - to surrender personally all that remained of him with me to that oblivion which is the last word of our common fate . I don't ...