[DOC] La estatua de Fray Cristoacute;bal de Torres en el Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Sentilde;ora del Rosario (Cuadernos para la Historia) (Spanish Edition) by Fernando Mayorca Garciacute;a in Arts-Photography

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Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad; about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State; in the heart of Africa; by the storys narrator Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames; London; England. This setting provides the frame for Marlows story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz; which enables Conrad to create a parallel between London and Africa as places of darkness. Central to Conrads work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilized people and those described as savages; Heart of Darkness raises important questions about imperialism and racismThe authorJoseph Conrad (born Joacute;zef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 ndash; 3 August 1924) is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English. He was granted British nationality in 1886; but always considered himself a Pole.