... cases is to weaken the connection with Conrad's own experience and to move away from African specificities. (Hampson XXiV) He also never specifies Africa as the location of Marlow's first voyage. Instead he refers to it as the "blank space- and using similes to make the names of places more vague. To write a book with a statement this subversive from modern belief ... a decent conversation between men would have served adequately. Indeed, the natives bear the brunt of imperialism while the jungle lingers "with its ominous patience, waiting for the passing away of a fantastic invasion-(C...

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