Novel :- Hart of Darkness
* About the Author :-
Joseph Conrad born 3 December 1857 and Death 3 August 1924 was polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility in to English literature. Conrad wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive,inscrutable universe. Heart of Darkness published in 1899.
* About the Novel :-
Heart of Darkness published in 1899 is a novella by polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo free state in the Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the successful ivory trader Kurtz. conrad offers parallels between London and Africa as places of Darkness.
Marlow takes a job as a river boat captain with the company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. as he travels to Africa and then up the Congo, Marlow encounters widespread inefficiency and brutality in the company's stations. the native inhabitants of the have been forced in to the company's service,and they suffer terribly from overwork and ill treatment at the hands of the company's agents.
Marlow arrives at the central station, run by the general manager, an unwholesome, conspiratorial character. he finds that his steamship has been sunk and spends several months waiting for parts to repair it. his interest in Kurtz grows during this period. the manager and his favorite, the brick maker, seem to fear Kurtz as a threat to their position. Kurtz is rumored to be ill, making the delays in repairing the ship all the more costly. Marlow eventually gets the parts he needs to repair his ship.
They reaches at the area surrounded by a dense fog. when the fog clears, the ship is attacked by an unseen band of natives, who fire arrows from the safety of the forest. the African helmsman is killed before Marlow frightens the natives away with the ship's steam whistle. not long after, Marlow and his companions arrive at Kurtz's inner station, expecting to find him dead, but a half-crazed Russian trader, who meets them as they come ashore, assures them that everything is fine and informs them that he is the one who left the wood. Kurtz has established himself as a god with the natives and has gone on brutal raids in the surrounding territory in search of ivory.
The manager brings Kurtz, who is quite ill. aboard the steamer. a beautiful native woman, apparently Kurtz's mistress, appears on the shore and stres out at the ship. The Russian reveals to Marlow, after swearing him to secrecy, that Kurtz had ordered the attack on the steamer to make them believe he was dead in order that they might turn back and leave him to his plans.
Malow listens to Kurtz talk while he pilots the ship, and Kurtz entrusts Marlow with a packet of personal documents, including an eloquent on civilizing the savages which ends with a scrawled message that says, "Exterminate all the brutes!" the steamer breaks down, and they have to stop for repairs. Kurtz dies, uttering his last words "The horror! The horror!" in the presence of the confused Marlow. Marlow falls ill soon after and barely survives. Eventually he returns to Europe and goes to see Kurtz's finance. she is still in mourning, even though it has been over a year since Kurtz's death, and she praises him as a paragon of virtue and achivement. she asks what his last words were, but Marlow cannot bring himself to shatter her illusions with the truth.
Marlow takes a job as a river boat captain with the company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the Congo. as he travels to Africa and then up the Congo, Marlow encounters widespread inefficiency and brutality in the company's stations. the native inhabitants of the have been forced in to the company's service,and they suffer terribly from overwork and ill treatment at the hands of the company's agents.
Marlow arrives at the central station, run by the general manager, an unwholesome, conspiratorial character. he finds that his steamship has been sunk and spends several months waiting for parts to repair it. his interest in Kurtz grows during this period. the manager and his favorite, the brick maker, seem to fear Kurtz as a threat to their position. Kurtz is rumored to be ill, making the delays in repairing the ship all the more costly. Marlow eventually gets the parts he needs to repair his ship.
They reaches at the area surrounded by a dense fog. when the fog clears, the ship is attacked by an unseen band of natives, who fire arrows from the safety of the forest. the African helmsman is killed before Marlow frightens the natives away with the ship's steam whistle. not long after, Marlow and his companions arrive at Kurtz's inner station, expecting to find him dead, but a half-crazed Russian trader, who meets them as they come ashore, assures them that everything is fine and informs them that he is the one who left the wood. Kurtz has established himself as a god with the natives and has gone on brutal raids in the surrounding territory in search of ivory.
The manager brings Kurtz, who is quite ill. aboard the steamer. a beautiful native woman, apparently Kurtz's mistress, appears on the shore and stres out at the ship. The Russian reveals to Marlow, after swearing him to secrecy, that Kurtz had ordered the attack on the steamer to make them believe he was dead in order that they might turn back and leave him to his plans.
Malow listens to Kurtz talk while he pilots the ship, and Kurtz entrusts Marlow with a packet of personal documents, including an eloquent on civilizing the savages which ends with a scrawled message that says, "Exterminate all the brutes!" the steamer breaks down, and they have to stop for repairs. Kurtz dies, uttering his last words "The horror! The horror!" in the presence of the confused Marlow. Marlow falls ill soon after and barely survives. Eventually he returns to Europe and goes to see Kurtz's finance. she is still in mourning, even though it has been over a year since Kurtz's death, and she praises him as a paragon of virtue and achivement. she asks what his last words were, but Marlow cannot bring himself to shatter her illusions with the truth.
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