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To: Borges
Even Conrad?

The only Conrad I read was "The Secret Agent". It was okay. I was assigned "Heart of Darkness" in high school, but didn't actually read it. Did that take place on the high seas?
40 posted on 12/09/2022 3:20:47 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: Dr. Sivana

HOD takes place mostly on a ship.


45 posted on 12/09/2022 3:23:52 PM PST by Borges
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To: Dr. Sivana

No, the Congo River and then Belgium. The protagonist, Marlowe, is a blue water sailor and hates the ‘big river’ country and everything else about King Leopold’s private country.


97 posted on 12/10/2022 2:15:00 PM PST by robowombat
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