Summary Of The Heart Of Darkness
Beginning of paper
Part I
The novel opens at sunset on the deck of a cruising yawl, the
Nellie, which at anchor on the Thames. Five men are lying back to rest and
mediate, waiting for the tide to turn. One of them, Charles Marlow, thinks
aloud about ancient England at the time when the conquering Romans came
seeki ....
Middle of paper
.... and mystery of
the jungle. They pass a French gunboat firing shells into the dense, black
depths of the jungle. Marlow is told that there are enemy natives hidden
there, but it is struck by the absurdity of this war with the “darkness”
and its invisible forces. Finally, the steamer reaches the mouth of the
Congo and Marlow disembarks.
Here, he boards another steamer, commanded by a Swede, and starts
on his first leg of his journey up the river. The captain tells him of the
sad fate ....
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Word count: 1758
Page count: 7 (approximately 250 words per page)
