Heart of Darkness (Dover Large Print Classics) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486419347 ISBN 13: 9780486419343

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2003

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Book by Conrad Joseph

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A dark allegorical masterpiece based on the author's own traumatic experiences in the Belgian Congo, recounts the voyage of Marlow up the Congo River in search of the mysterious Mr. Kurtz ― a white trader whose domination of the local natives had transformed him into a depraved and abominable tyrant. Large print format.

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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.
In its combination of narrative and symbolic power, masterly character study and acute psychological penetration, Heart of Darkness ranks as a landmark of modern fiction. It is a book no serious student of literature can afford to miss.

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• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0486419347
• ISBN 13: 9780486419343
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160