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Heart of Darkness centers around Marlow, an introspective sailor, and his journey up the Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities. Marlow takes a job as a riverboat captain with the Company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. As he travels to Africa and then up the Congo, Marlow encounters ...
modifier. Au cœur des ténèbres (Heart of Darkness) est un roman court de Joseph Conrad paru en 1899. Son œuvre est largement inspirée d'éléments autobiographiques expliquant ses choix narratifs 1 .
In 1896, Conrad married Jessie George. He quickly won critical praise, though financial success eluded him for many years and both he and his wife suffered serious illnesses. He wrote his best-known works in the years just before and after the turn of the century: Heart of Darkness (1899), Lord Jim (1900), and Nostromo (1904). Conrad died in 1924.
Heart of Darkness. Joseph Conrad. Courier Corporation, 1990 - Fiction - 72 pages. In Conrad's haunting tale, Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the enigmatic Kurtz. Traveling to the heart of the African continent, he discovers how Kurtz has gained his position of power and influence over ...
3 de ago. de 2021 · By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) First published in 1899, Heart of Darkness - which formed the basis of the 1979 Vietnam war film Apocalypse Now - is one of the first recognisably modernist works of literature in English fiction. Its author was the Polish-born Joseph Conrad, and English wasn’t his first language (or even,….
Heart of Darkness Summary. The Narrator describes a night spent on a ship in the mouth of the Thames River in England. Marlow, one of the men on board, tells of his time spent as a riverboat pilot in the Belgian Congo. With the help of his well-connected aunt, Marlow gets a job as pilot on a steamship on the Congo River in Africa for a European ...
Conrad, “Cuore di tenebra”: riassunto della trama e commento. 8'. Introduzione. Cuore di tenebra ( Heart of Darkness nell’edizione originale) è romanzo breve dello scrittore polacco, poi naturalizzato britannico, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924; il vero nome è Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Il testo, universalmente considerato uno dei ...
