The Secret Sharer
4 stars
Content warning A hard read but ...
I was so relieved it had a happy ending.
315 Seiten
English language
Am 30. Juli 1996 von Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press veröffentlicht.
Heart of darkness
complete, authoritative text with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from five contemporary critical perspectives Case studies in contemporary criticism
von Joseph Conrad
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Written several years after Conrad's grueling sojourn in the Belgian Congo, the novel tells the story of Marlow, a seaman who undertakes his own journey into the African jungle to find the tormented white trader Kurtz.
Themen
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
- Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism
- Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction
- Trading posts -- Fiction
- Degeneration -- Fiction
- Imperialism -- Fiction
- Africa -- Fiction