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What is this for story? I have completed it and I still do not know. Is it a tale of adventure? If that is what Conrad meant it to be, it moves too slowly. All of the action takes place at the end. Is it a romance, a love story? It cannot be classified as such either. The characters are too aloof, too lukewarm toward each other.
Is it meant to be a character study? Perhaps, but I felt not a thing toward any of the characters, neither the primary nor the secondary ones.
An attachment develops bet ...more
Is it meant to be a character study? Perhaps, but I felt not a thing toward any of the characters, neither the primary nor the secondary ones.
An attachment develops bet ...more
From BBC Radio 4 - Drama:
The world premiere of Harold Pinter's screenplay of Josef Conrad's last major novel, in a special adaptation for radio by Sir Richard Eyre.
It's 1900 in the Dutch East Indies. Disenchanted with life and humanity, Heyst, a mysterious Swedish Baron, lives alone on a deserted island.
He believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others, but his life is altered when he visits the neighbouring island for a doctor's check up. Here he meets and falls in love with ...more
The world premiere of Harold Pinter's screenplay of Josef Conrad's last major novel, in a special adaptation for radio by Sir Richard Eyre.
It's 1900 in the Dutch East Indies. Disenchanted with life and humanity, Heyst, a mysterious Swedish Baron, lives alone on a deserted island.
He believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others, but his life is altered when he visits the neighbouring island for a doctor's check up. Here he meets and falls in love with ...more
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