You know how, while fun, Victorian books can be a little slow at times? Here you can read your favourite books, condensed to about four lines. Some are a little awkward, but some are really great, too. My favourite is from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad:
Mr. Marlow
I’m the good side of mankind, upstanding and respectable.
Mr. Kurtz
I’m the bad side of mankind, once honorable, now mired in depravity.
The Jungle
I’m the heart of mankind, home to sinister darkness and corruption.
(Mr. Kurtz dies. Mr. Marlow is reborn.)
THE END
The actual Heart of Darkness is quite a magnificent story, a bit gothic and spooky, and very symbolic. It deals with empirism, and the corrupting power of society, the nineteenth-century trade with Africa, and colonialism. You can read it online here!
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The horror, the horror!
LOL, I need this as I attempt to cram for my English qualifying exams!!
Thanks for the link! This is some funny stuff.
What a great site! It’s completely addicting. The Great Gatsby is hilarious!
A Fascinating discovery has been made. While investigating an unknown painting signed Manet, researchers at the Laure & Lee Art Association discovered the presence of a long lost painting of Edouard Manet titled “La Toilette”. Scholars of Manet like Juliet Wilson Bareau and others have said that La Toilette has been over painted or destroyed and that only x-ray of Manet’s canvases would reveal it location. Here is a link of the YouTube HD video which shows the etching superimposed on top of the x-ray. To view the video in HD simply click on the HD link at the bottom right side of the video.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/edouard-manets-lost-painted-of-la-toilette-found-by-x-ray-in-an-unknown-work-signed-manet/2946022395