Conrad was born on 12/3/1857, in a part of Russia that had once belonged to Poland. His parents were members of the landed gentry, but as ardent Polish patriots they suffered considerably for their political views. Orphaned at 11, Conrad attended school in Cracow but concluded that there was no future for him in occupied Poland, and at 16 he left forever. The sea was Conrad's love and career for the next 20 years; in the British merchant navy, he rose finally to captain, sailing to Australia and Borneo and surviving at least one shipwreck. In 1890 he became captain of a Congo River steamer, but this led only to disillusionment and ill health and this would become the basis for Conrad's masterpiece, Heart of Darkness. Reluctantly leaving the merchant service, he settled in England and completed his first novel, Almayer's Folly, already begun at sea. His subsequent works, many of which drew upon his sea experiences, include The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (1897), Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904), The Secret Agent (1907), The Secret Sharer (1910), and Chance (1913). The man who was 21 before he spoke a word of English is now regarded as one of the superb English stylists of all time. Conrad died at his desk in 1924.
The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz who embarks on a harrowing "night journey" into the savage heart of Africa, only to find his dark and evil soul. The Secret Sharer. The saga of a young, inexperienced skipper forced to decide the fate of a fugitive sailor who killed a man in self-defense. As he faces his first moral test the skipper discovers a terrifying truth -- and comes face to face with the secret itself. Heart Of Darkness and The Secret Sharer draw on actual events and people that Conrad met or heard about during his many far-flung travels. In portraying men whose incredible journeys on land and at sea are also symbolic voyages into their own mysterious depths, these two masterful works give credence to Conrad's acclaim as a major psychological writer.
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在初讀《黑暗之心》,我不會關注康拉德對非洲的凝視,或者一種因為孤獨和疾病而墮落的心靈的呈現。寫在人物分析前,我們要厘清的是:故事的要義即在嘲弄歐洲人在非洲的文明使命嗎?也許是的,他可以是政治化的,也可以是曆史化的,雲雲,但是我盡量在第一次閱讀的過程中剔除這...
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非洲心髒,荒原(wildness),散發著緻命的誘惑,欲望,墮落,朝聖者們(pilgrims)越接近荒原,越有一種想要逃離的恐怖(horror)
評分非洲心髒,荒原(wildness),散發著緻命的誘惑,欲望,墮落,朝聖者們(pilgrims)越接近荒原,越有一種想要逃離的恐怖(horror)
評分非洲心髒,荒原(wildness),散發著緻命的誘惑,欲望,墮落,朝聖者們(pilgrims)越接近荒原,越有一種想要逃離的恐怖(horror)
評分非洲心髒,荒原(wildness),散發著緻命的誘惑,欲望,墮落,朝聖者們(pilgrims)越接近荒原,越有一種想要逃離的恐怖(horror)
評分非洲心髒,荒原(wildness),散發著緻命的誘惑,欲望,墮落,朝聖者們(pilgrims)越接近荒原,越有一種想要逃離的恐怖(horror)
HEART OF DARKNESS AND THE SECRET SHARER 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載