![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Prior to Heart of Darkness, Conrad gained public interest with his first novel Almayer’s Folly, which he began in 1892 and published in 1895. He was inflicted with physical and psychological duress that followed him throughout his life. In 1886 Conrad obtained his Master’s Degree and became a citizen of England.Ĭonrad’s most famous and celebrated work, Heart of Darkness, written in 1899 and published in 1902, was comprised mostly of instances from Conrad’s own experiences on a steamboat ride up the Congo River in 1890, where he was traveling in harrowing circumstances. In 1878, he transferred to a new ship in England, where he then learned English after just six voyages. ![]() He left for Marseilles, France and set out to sea at 17 years old, where he worked on merchant ships for the next four years. His parents were members of the Polish noble class. Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, later Joseph Conrad was born in Poland which was ruled by Russia at the time. Marlow and Willard struggle for light in the dark jungles, Africa and Vietnam, respectively, as they search for two men who have been corrupted by the diabolical surroundings. Without society’s limits and expectations man’s inhumanity to man erupts revealing evil that is inside every man. It is evident in Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now that once a man is removed from the boundaries of society he delves into darkness and can become his own lawless god. ![]()
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