Novella by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1902 with the story "Youth" and thereafter published separately. The story reflects the physical and psychological shock Conrad himself experienced in 1890, when he worked briefly in the Belgian Congo. The narrator, Marlow, describes a journey he took on an African river. Assigned by an ivory company to take command of a cargo boat stranded in the interior, Marlow makes his way through the treacherous forest, witnessing the brutalization of the natives by white traders and hearing tantalizing stories of a Mr. Kurtz, the company's most successful representative. He reaches Kurtz's compound in a remote outpost only to see a row of human heads mounted on poles. In this alien context, unbound by the strictures of his own culture, Kurtz has exchanged his soul for a bloody sovereignty, but a mortal illness is bringing his reign of terror to a close. As Marlow transports him downriver, Kurtz delivers an arrogant and empty explanation of his deeds as a visionary quest. To the narrator Kurtz's dying words, "The horror! The horror!" represent despair at the encounter with human depravity--the heart of darkness. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Women as the Other Two women in black Since the publication of Heart of Darkness, it has weltered in lots of controversial voices. This book is regarded as a story about Marlow’s witness of the collapse of the civilization, which has nothing to do with wo...
评分飘渺的云烟,迷茫的大海,扑朔迷离的街灯在岸上。 日子如同梦一般,花白的,模糊不清。 我们开始听马洛讲过去的故事。这个故事关于主角自己深入非洲腹地寻找库尔兹,掠夺象牙。 马洛讲故事的方式对我们很受用,我们仿佛只是朋友间的闲聊,轻松自如。虽然故事的最后,这个说故事...
评分被迫看得英文版的,别的不好说,就是挺崇拜康拉德的,都30多了开始学英语还能拿英语写作当作家,无疑给吾辈打了一针强心针,让我觉得我又有希望了。。。“文明人”,“野蛮人”,文明的播种者还是野蛮的殖民者,这些问题太老套了又太尖锐了,作为一个第三世界的女人,想这些我...
评分黑暗深处有什么?这是个很恐怖的问题,谁知道黑暗深处会有什么?也许什么都没有,也许有美好的东西,也许是可怕的东西,因为看不到,所以一切都有可能,但是很奇怪,对这黑暗中的千万种可能总是下意识的觉得是不祥的所在。 约瑟夫·康拉德以及他的这本《黑暗深处》保...
评分康拉德及其写作特点 约瑟夫.康拉德,资深航海家文人,热爱航海加写文。出生于1857年,原籍波兰。父母因参加民族独立运动被沙俄政府流放。10岁时父母双亡,由舅舅抚养成长。17岁前往马赛,来到一艘法国商船上——这成为康拉德长达20年海上生涯的开端。此后他从水手一步步晋...
诚如Achebe所说,一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分诚如Achebe所说,一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分诚如Achebe所说,一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分几年前看的时候觉得比较难投入,现在看的话也许会有不一样的感受。黑暗之心,非洲腹地,人性的黑暗之地在何处呢?
评分几年前看的时候觉得比较难投入,现在看的话也许会有不一样的感受。黑暗之心,非洲腹地,人性的黑暗之地在何处呢?
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