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Heart of Darkness: Classic Edition

Author : Joseph Conrad

Performed By : Frederick Davidson

Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc

Runtime : 4 hours

Categories : Classic Literature

Our Price : $25.95 $12.95

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"Heart of Darkness has had an influence that goes beyond the specifically
literary. This parable of a man's 'heart of darkness' dramatized in the alleged 'Dark Continent' of
Africa transcended its late Victorian era to acquire the stature of one of the great, if troubling,
visionary works of western civilization."Joyce Carol Oates

Compelling, exotic, and suspenseful, Heart of Darkness is far more than just an adventure
story. The novel explores deep into the dark regions of the hearts and souls of its characters and
into the conflicts prevalent in more primitive cultures. It is also a striking picture of the moral
deterioration that can result from prolonged isolation.

Marlow, the story's narrator, tells his friends of an experience in the British Congo where he once
ran a river steamer for a trading company. He tells of the ivory traders' cruel exploitation of the
natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European named Kurtz, who has
used savagery to obtain semi-divine power over the natives. While Marlow tries to get Kurtz back
down the river, Kurtz tries to justify his actions, asserting that he has seen into the very heart of
things.

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Jane Eyre

Author : Charlotte Bronte

Performed By : Claire Bloom, Sir Anthony Quayle & cast

Publisher : Harper Collins UK

Runtime : 3 hours

Categories : Dramatizations
Classics

Our Price : $12.75

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Jane Eyre is the story of an unloved and penniless orphan who triumphs over harsh treatment to become a spirited and independent young woman.

She secures employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall where she transforms the life of morose and lonely Edward Rochester.

They fall in love, but Thornfield holds a dark secret that blights their happiness.

This dramatised reading captures all the passionate intensity of Charlotte Brontë's great romantic novel.