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Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Originally published serially as three-part story, Heart of Darkness is a short but thematically complex novel exploring colonialism, humanity, and what constitutes a savage society. Set in the Congo in Central Africa, the tale is told in the frame of the recollections of one Charles Marlow, a captain of an ivory steamer. Marlow’s search for the mysterious and powerful «first-class agent» Kurtz gives way to a nuanced and powerful commentary on the horrors of colonialism, called by some the most analyzed work at university-level instruction.
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Impressões

  • Serghei Gherghelejiucompartilhou uma impressãohá 6 anos

    There are a lot of comments about this novel. For me it means a deep dive into the human soul where the true darkness stands.

  • em 💌compartilhou uma impressãohá 8 meses
    👎Não recomendo
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    this book’s whole plot was being racist bro

  • Erikcompartilhou uma impressãohá 5 anos

    There is a kind of writer that deserves to be read carefully. Conrad is one of them because of his aknowledgement of the human soul. But, also, he is a master of the language.

Citações

  • Teddyfez uma citaçãohá 4 anos
    It was the still­ness of an im­pla­ca­ble force brood­ing over an in­scrutable in­ten­tion. It looked at you with a venge­ful as­pect.
  • Rie Riefez uma citaçãohá 4 anos
    to a sea­man un­less it be the sea it­self, which is the mis­tress of his ex­is­tence and as in­scrutable as Destiny.
  • Trine Yvonne Baand Pedersenfez uma citaçãohá 6 anos
    This is the rea­son why I af­firm that Kurtz was a re­mark­able man. He had some­thing to say. He said it. Since I had peeped over the edge my­self, I un­der­stand bet­ter the mean­ing of his stare, that could not see the flame of the can­dle, but was wide enough to em­brace the whole uni­verse, pierc­ing enough to pen­e­trate all the hearts that beat in the dark­ness. He had summed up—he had judged. ‘The hor­ror!’ He was a re­mark­able man.

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