No. 25 · The Well-Read 30Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad1899
Fiction · 1899
Heart of Darkness
Marlow travels into the machinery of European imperial extraction and toward the terrifying reputation of an ivory agent named Kurtz.
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- imperialism
- violence
- self-deception
- witness
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