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(I don't think we should call Marlowe a simple "sailor", since he's clearly a superior person and, in this case, a "steamer captain" - there are other terms, I suppose, but "mariner" is a start)
 
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Heart of Darkness is a novella by British writer [[Joseph Conrad]].  Narrated by an unnamed character listening to a sailor named Marlowe, the story deals with Marlow's time as a steamer captain on the Congo River and his encounters with the ivory trader Mr. Kurtz.
'''Heart of Darkness''' is a novella by British writer [[Joseph Conrad]].  Told in the first person by an unnamed character listening to a long narration by a mariner named Marlowe, the story deals with Marlow's time as a steamer captain on the Congo River and his encounters with an ivory trader named Mr. Kurtz.

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Heart of Darkness is a novella by British writer Joseph Conrad. Told in the first person by an unnamed character listening to a long narration by a mariner named Marlowe, the story deals with Marlow's time as a steamer captain on the Congo River and his encounters with an ivory trader named Mr. Kurtz.