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  • B2. THE SHADOW LINE. YOUNG ADULT READERS +MP3
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    This novel shows the indecision and unpredictable side of youth compared to the wisdom of maturity.Set in Asia in Victorian times, it is the story of a young sailor who is unsure of what he wants to do with his life. He is offered the job of captain on a sailing ship, a great responsibility, which takes him on a journey full of problems and life-or-death decisions. He crosses t...
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  • L4. LORD JIM. OXFORD BOOKWORMS
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    A hundred years ago a seaman's life was full of danger, but Jim, the first mate on board the Patna, is not afraid of danger. He is young, strong, confident of his bravery. He dreams of great adventures - and the chance to show the world what a hero he is. But the sea is no place for dreamers. When the chance comes, on a calm moonlit night in the Indian Ocean, Jim fails the tes...
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  • HEART OF DARKNESS
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    A haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism. Conrad's narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and...
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  • EL CORAZON DE LAS TINIEBLAS/HEART OF DARKNESS
    JOSEPH CONRAD
    Escrita originalmente en inglés por el polaco Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) y publicada en 1899. Narra la historia de Marlow, capitán de un barco de vapor en un río del África profunda y contratado por una empresa de explotación de marfil para buscar a su mejor empleado, un tal Kurtz, desaparecido en circunstancias extrañas. La novela, gracias a su ambigüedad y simbolismo, es una...
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  • HEART OF DARKNESS
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
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  • THE SHADOW LINE
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the 'shadow-line' between youth and adulthood. In many ways an autobiographical narrative, Conrad's novella was wr...
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  • HEART OF DARKNESS
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    Un novel·la que descriu l’increïble violència que coneix el mariner Marlow durant l’època del colonialisme en Àfrica. En Marlow viatja per el Congo, a la cerca del gran mercant d’ivori, Kurtz, el “geni universal”, que regna sobre els seus territoris sembrant por i terror. ...
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  • THE SHADOW-LINE
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
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  • SELECTED SHORT STORIES & THE ROVER
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
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  • C2. HEART OF DARKNESS. ADULT YOUNG READERS +CD
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
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  • HEART OF DARKNESS
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    One night on the Thames, Charles Marlowe tells his fellow sailors the vivid and brutal tale of his time as a riverboat captain in the Belgian Congo. From the mists of London we are whisked to the darkness of Africa’s colonial heart – and into the thrall of the tyrannical Kurtz, an ivory trader who has established himself as a terrifying demi-god.Sinister and incisive, Heart of ...
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  • C1. HEART OF DARKNESS
    CONRAD, JOSEPH
    Heart of Darkness tells the story of Charles Marlow, a sailor who travels up the Congo River in Africa. During his journey, he faces difficult conditions and witnesses the cruelty of colonialism. His goal is to find Kurtz, a mysterious and powerful ivory trader.As Marlow gets closer to Kurtz, he discovers the darkness within human nature. The novel explores themes such as imper...
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