Joseph Conrad, Marc Cactus

Heart of Darkness (Cactus Classics Large Print)

16 Point Font; Large Text; Large Type

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Produktbeschreibung

HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad EDITION: Cactus Classics Large Print - 16 Point Font FONT: 16 point Garamond BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm) COVER: Glossy PAPER: Cream TABLE OF CONTENTS: Yes Cactus Classics Large Print (16 point size) editions are typeset with the Garamond font. These editions have a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space and good spacing between lines of text. ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR Heart of Darkness was written by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) and first published in 1899 in a three-part serial and in book format in 1902. It is considered to be his most famous work. Charles Marlow, the novel's narrator, relates a tale of his journey up the Congo River in the Congo on behalf of a Belgian trading company including his encounters with Mr. Kurtz, a European trader, whom the natives have worshipped. The book raises issues about imperialism and racism.

Produktdetails

• Cactus Classics Large Print
• Verlag: Cactus Classics
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9781773600352
• ISBN-10: 1773600354
• Artikelnr.: 57844569

Autorenporträt

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English novelist, considered as one of the prominent novelists to write in the English language. He was born on 3 December 1857. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he came to be considered a master prose stylist who guide a non-English sensibility into English literature. He was assigned British nationality in 1886 but always regarded himself a Pole. He enrolled the French Merchant Marine and began to work on British ships, learning English from his shipmates. He was made a master mariner and worked more than sixteen years before an event motivated him to try his hand at writing. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that represents trials of the human spirit in the middle of an unexpressive, transparent universe. During his lifetime Conrad was praised for the assets of his prose and his offerings of dangerous life at sea and in foreign places. His works include the novels Almayer's Folly (1895), Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904), and The Secret Agent (1907) and the short story 'Heart of Darkness ' (1902). He died in August 1924.