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oct 6, 1902 - 'Heart of Darkness' - J. Conrad

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a pre-modernist

in the Belgian-run Congo. Marlow is an idealistic captain for the Belgian cie trading in the Congo. Going up the Congo he witnesses cruelty annd brutality in the treatment of native inhabitantss.
Darkness is everywhere: in the thick jungle, in the imperial enterprise which leads to the exploitation of men. Imperialism despoils the native population under the pretext of bringing them 'civilization', while for Marlow the natives remain part of the setting and are never given a voice

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oct 6, 1902
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~ 123 years ago