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CDs | 4 |
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Running Time | 5h 30m |
Cover Art by | Winnie O'Brien |
Music by | Alistair Robertson |
Introduced by | Maurice Scott |
Heart of Darkness (1899) 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.
Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British nationality in 1886. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire,… Read more »
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CDs | 4 |
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Running Time | 5h 30m |
Cover Art by | Winnie O'Brien |
Music by | Alistair Robertson |
Introduced by | Maurice Scott |
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