Novella by Joseph Conrad, first published in 1902 with the story "Youth" and thereafter published separately. The story reflects the physical and psychological shock Conrad himself experienced in 1890, when he worked briefly in the Belgian Congo. The narrator, Marlow, describes a journey he took on an African river. Assigned by an ivory company to take command of a cargo boat stranded in the interior, Marlow makes his way through the treacherous forest, witnessing the brutalization of the natives by white traders and hearing tantalizing stories of a Mr. Kurtz, the company's most successful representative. He reaches Kurtz's compound in a remote outpost only to see a row of human heads mounted on poles. In this alien context, unbound by the strictures of his own culture, Kurtz has exchanged his soul for a bloody sovereignty, but a mortal illness is bringing his reign of terror to a close. As Marlow transports him downriver, Kurtz delivers an arrogant and empty explanation of his deeds as a visionary quest. To the narrator Kurtz's dying words, "The horror! The horror!" represent despair at the encounter with human depravity--the heart of darkness. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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在初读《黑暗之心》，我不会关注康拉德对非洲的凝视，或者一种因为孤独和疾病而堕落的心灵的呈现。写在人物分析前，我们要厘清的是：故事的要义即在嘲弄欧洲人在非洲的文明使命吗？也许是的，他可以是政治化的，也可以是历史化的，云云，但是我尽量在第一次阅读的过程中剔除这...
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几年前看的时候觉得比较难投入，现在看的话也许会有不一样的感受。黑暗之心，非洲腹地，人性的黑暗之地在何处呢？
评分诚如Achebe所说，一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分诚如Achebe所说，一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分诚如Achebe所说，一厢情愿地妖魔化非洲。
评分几年前看的时候觉得比较难投入，现在看的话也许会有不一样的感受。黑暗之心，非洲腹地，人性的黑暗之地在何处呢？
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