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        Heart Of Darkness


        setting

        Congo

        time

        Late 1800s

        language

        English

        region

        Western Europe

        year published

        1902

        page count

        105

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Marlow, Kurtz

        Rip's impressions

        Riveting, mysterious and sinister––a classic Conrad before the film appeared with Sheen and Brando.

        first line

        The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)