Heart of Darkness.
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Marlow.
Mr. Kurtz
The Manager.
Russian Trader.
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Joseph Conrad.
December 3, 1857-August 3, 1924
born
Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
grew up in the Polish Ukraine, between Poland & Russia
his family belonged to the
szlachta
, a hereditary class in the aristocracy on the social hierarchy, combining quality of gentry & nobility
By: Ashelin Hunt