Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz, dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities.
they have the same compelling and mysterious power, defying ultimate interpretation. the selection includes bartleby, the enchanted, benito cereno (dramatized by robert lowell) and one of melville's supreme masterpieces, billy budd, sailor. harold beaver's introduction and notes will aid the reader's understanding and enjoyment of one of the most allusive and book-haunted of all writers, 'now recognized as a giant among american men of letters', equal in his own sphere to the greatest of his european contemporaries.
Contenuto: Cuore di tenebra, La laguna, Gli idioti, Un avamposto del progresso, Karain: un ricordo, Il ritorno, Domani, Amy Foster, Il compagno segreto.