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Heart of darkness
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 - Author
London : Harper Press, 2010 - ix, 130 s. ; 18 cm
ISBN 978-0-00-736862-4
Collins Classics
anglické novelyCall number C 386.582 Title statement Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad Main entry-name Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 (Author) Issue data London : Harper Press, 2010 Phys.des. ix, 130 s. ; 18 cm ISBN 978-0-00-736862-4 Edition Collins Classics Form, Genre anglické novely Conspect 821.111-3 - Anglická próza, anglicky psaná UDC 821.111-32 , (0:82-32) Country Velká Británie Language angličtina Document kind BOOKS Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his adventure to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The story told is of his early life as a ferry boat captain. Although his job was to transport ivory downriver, Charlie develops an interest in investing an ivory procurement agent, Kurtz, who is employed by the government. Preceded by his reputation as a brilliant emissary of progress, Kurtz has now established himself as a god among the natives in “one of the darkest places on earth.” Marlow suspects something else of Kurtz: he has gone mad. Zdroj anotace: OKCZ - ANOTACE Z WEBULoading…
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