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Book review - The Secret Agent
This is an odd book to be reading right now. Joseph Conrad might be credited with writing one of the first novels to cover the subject of terrorism but it feels all too familiar in this age of suicide… more →
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12.03.09 - A Thursday
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Joshua James LeJeune wrote 2 days ago: WORD votary [voh-tuh-ree] n. 1. a person who is bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun 2 … more →
December 3 in history
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homepaddock wrote 3 days ago: On December 3: 1838 Octavia Hill, British housing and open-space activist, was born. 1842 Charles A … more →
Heart of Darkness
deweydink wrote 1 week ago: To expect high school students and—yes—even university students, to understand Joseph Conrad’s Heart … more →
Shoot them like partridges
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antigerman wrote 2 weeks ago: I don’t care much for people who enjoy killing things, but I am willing to put up with hunters as lo … more →
The Things they let into the classroom...
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yearzerowriters wrote 2 weeks ago: Fifteen small box rooms, none of which I want to enter. I wake up and remember the night before, 2a … more →
Reading Habits - October 2009
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sherby57 wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s already half way through November and I’m only just getting around to writing about … more →
Heart of starkness
Jenny wrote 3 weeks ago: "Roi des Belges," the steamer Conrad took up the Congo in 1890 “To the negation of t … more →
Review - Marionette "Out of the Heart of Darkness" - Movingstage at the Puppet Barge
webcowgirl wrote 4 weeks ago: Last night was my one and sadly only visit to a Suspense Puppetry Festival event; though I love pupp … more →
The More Things Change
Christopher Cocca wrote 1 month ago: When I was 17, I wanted to be two things. Joseph Conrad and this: Not much has changed. … more →
Heart of Darkness
Drogo wrote 1 month ago: Joseph Conrad’s the Heart of Darkness, takes place in a world within a world. It is a microcosm that … more →
le Carre Moves To Penguin
Taylor Bright wrote 1 month ago: From The Times: After 38 years with Hodder & Stoughton, John le Carré has defected to Penguin, b … more →
Horror undead
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Brian D. Johnson wrote 1 month ago: “The horror! The horror!” In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad liked the word so much he wrote it twi … more →
The monstruosity of love
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Joseph wrote 1 month ago: Lanying was nagging me to finish my novel again this morning. She didn’t know that I’d b … more →
Sometimes it's when you're unable to really look that you stumble on what you were looking forr.
nexusofnow wrote 1 month ago: I’m back from being ill at the beginning of the week, and swamped yesterday! Getting my head b … more →
Inside Out Knowledge
ladyfizz wrote 1 month ago: King's College London's library Get informed this week on arts, media and culture at the ina … more →
Chinua Achebe on Joseph Conrad
Christian Harder wrote 1 month ago: I remember one of my old teachers to be especially fond of stories dealing with human savagery. He a … more →
Chinua Achebe: Conrad's Heart of Darkness is 'Seductive'
Willa A. Cmiel wrote 1 month ago: From NPR’s All Things Considered: ROBERT SIEGEL: Yes, I found the essay in which you write … more →
Joseph Conrad - Amy Foster
bkwrmreads wrote 1 month ago: Amy Foster TYPE: Can’t Say RATING: 4/10 REVIEW: I have no idea why the book is named Amy Foste … more →
Arrow of Gold too heavy to fly
Linda Aragoni wrote 1 month ago: The Arrow of Gold is presented as a manuscript written to a childhood friend by a sailor, “Mo … more →
