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Conrad's Heart of Darkness |
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Written by MK23_Sysop
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Tuesday, 31 October 2006 |
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[...]The moon had spread
over everything a thin layer of silver— over the rank grass,
over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing
higher than the wall of a temple, over the great river I
could see through a sombre gap glittering, glittering, as it
flowed broadly by without a murmur. All this was great,
expectant, mute, while the man jabbered about himself. I
wondered whether the stillness on the face of the
immensity looking at us two were meant as an appeal or as
a menace.[...]
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 29 December 2007 )
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