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Heart of Darkness
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Heart of Darkness is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between London and Africa as places of darkness. Central to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilised people and those described as savages; Heart of Darkness raises questions about imperialism and racism. Originally published as a three-part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine, Heart of Darkness has been variously published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness as the sixty-seventh of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century.


Heart of Darkness is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between London and Africa as places of darkness. Central to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilised people and those described as savages; Heart of Darkness raises questions about imperialism and racism. Originally published as a three-part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine, Heart of Darkness has been variously published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness as the sixty-seventh of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century.
  • Formato
    Ebook
  • Estado
    Nuevo
  • Isbn
    9783961893409
  • Peso
    267.2 KB
  • Número de páginas
    57
  • Idioma
    Inglés
  • Formato
    EPUB
  • Protección
    DRM
  • Referencia
    BKW9076
Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad

Autor

Escritor británico de origen polaco. Nació en Berdyczów, Polonia, el 3 de diciembre de 1857. Debido a la profundidad de su obra, en la que analiza los rincones más débiles y oscuros del alma humana, está considerado uno de los grandes autores en lengua inglesa del Siglo XIX. Conrad nació en el seno de una familia noble, muy activa dentro de los movimientos nacionalista polacos, algo que supuso su exilio tras la insurrección polaca sucedida en 1863. Tras quedar huérfano marchó a Marsella donde, a los 17 años, se enroló como marinero en un barco mercante. De sus experiencias como marino por las costas de Sudamérica, India o África se nutren muchos de sus posteriores relatos, así como de sus vivencias durante las guerras Carlistas en España, donde luchó del lado del Archiduque.