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  2. Heart of Darkness - Wikipedia

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    Heart of Darkness is an 1899 novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad in which the sailor Charles Marlow tells his listeners the story of his assignment as steamer captain for a Belgian company in the African interior.

  3. Youth (Conrad short story) - Wikipedia

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    This volume also includes Heart of Darkness and The End of the Tether, stories concerned with the themes of maturity and old age, respectively. "Youth" depicts a young man's first journey to the Far East. It is narrated by Charles Marlow who is also the narrator of Lord Jim, Chance, and Heart of Darkness. The narrator's introduction suggests ...

  4. Charles Marlow - Wikipedia

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    Charles Marlow describes a character as a "papier-mâché Mephistopheles", a reference to the Faust legend. Marlow's and Kurtz's journey up the Congo River in Heart of Darkness also has similarities to another work by Marlowe, Dido, Queen of Carthage, in which Aeneas is stranded on the shore of Libya and meets the African queen Dido. [3]

  5. Kurtz (Heart of Darkness) - Wikipedia

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    Kurtz is a fictional character in Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness. A European ivory trader in Central Africa and commander of a trading post, he monopolizes his position as a demigod among native Africans. Kurtz meets with the novella's protagonist, Charles Marlow, who returns him to the coast via steamboat. Kurtz, whose ...

  6. Re-Edition Texts: Heart of Darkness - Wikipedia

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    Heart of Darkness is a novel told in the first person perspective that surrounds the character Marlow as he retells the story of when he traveled through Africa for his trade company. The novel alludes to Africa as a place of darkness, thus the title referring to being in the heart of Africa or heart of "Darkness". The novel describes Africa as ...

  7. Heart of Darkness (1993 film) - Wikipedia

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    Heart of Darkness is a 1993 television film adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s famous 1899 novella written by Benedict Fitzgerald, directed by Nicolas Roeg, and starring Tim Roth, John Malkovich, Isaach De Bankolé and James Fox. [1]

  8. 35 Most Memorable Quotes from 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'

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    The Grinch. The Grinch can't steal our Christmas spirit, but he sure can deliver laughs. In the 2018 adaptation of Dr. Seuss' beloved children's storybook, Benedict Cumberbatch brings the mean ol ...

  9. An Image of Africa - Wikipedia

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    "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness" is the published and amended version of the second Chancellor's Lecture given by Nigerian writer and academic Chinua Achebe at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in February 1975. The essay was included in his 1988 collection, Hopes and Impediments.