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Heart of Darkness

HEART OF DARKNESS

Charles Marlow is the protagonist in Conrad’s book, but Marlow might as well be Joseph Conrad, himself, as they both shared similar experiences (including passage on the Congo River.) Marlow is hired to run a rundown sternwheeler of a steamship up and down the river carrying passengers and merchandise, particularly ivory.  The Congo River begins in the highlands of Lake Tanganyika and Lake Mweru and then (at least on the maps) carves an ugly, inverted, half-moon scar before it exits at...