One of my all time favorite authors, Joseph Conrad, has a birthday today, according to the writers almanac. My favorite book is "Heart of Darkness" of course.
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I remember there being a movie called "Heart of Darkness", which was based on the book, and "Apocolypse Now",also based on the book, but, were there any other adaptations of the book?
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) - Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Polish-born English novelist and short-story writer, a dreamer, adventurer, and gentleman. In his famous preface to THE NIGGER OF THE 'NARCISSUS' (1897) Conrad crystallized his often quoted goal as a writer: "My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you fell - it is, above all, to make you see. That - and no more, and it is everything." Among Conrad's most popular works are LORD JIM (1900) and HEART OF DARKNESS (1902). Conrad discouraged interpretation of his sea novels through evidence from his life, but several of his novels drew the material, events, and personalities from his own experiences in different parts of the world. While making his first voyages to the West Indies, Conrad met the Corsican Dominic Cervoni, who was later model for his characters filled with a thirst for adventure.
"We live, as we dream - alone." (from Heart of Darkness)