Youth and Heart of Darkness

Written by:
Joseph Conrad
Narrated by:
Brian Cox

Abridged Audiobook

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2
Narrator
1
Release Date
October 1996
Duration
3 hours 51 minutes
Summary
In these two magnificent novellas Conrad explores the question of self-discovery through powerful and exciting narratives in Youth, the experienced seaman Marlow tells the story of a young man's coming of age on his first voyage to the East. While in Heart of Darkness he describes with terrifying depth and vividness the slide into corruption of an idealistic trader - Kurtz, who has become the demi-devil of the Inner Station in the Belgian Congo...
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The literature of this novella is wonderful! The imagery, motifs, character foiling, and symbolism- all flawless, but the over-arching theme of anti-colonialism turns me off. Conrad turns the English colonization of the Congo into something evil, destructive, and deceiving. He sees the men at the forefront of colonization as men of false character and ultimately despicable hearts. I don't see colonization as something that hindered, but that helped to flourish. It wasn't something evil - sorry Conrad... you lost me.

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