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Heart Of Darkness And The Complete Congo Diary (Alma Classics Evergreens)

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this edition is published here with the complete Congo Diaries. On a boat in the Thames estuary, Marlow tells his travelling companions of his reconnaissance expedition for a Belgian trading company to its most remote outpost in central Africa, which brought him on the trail of the elusive Kurtz, a brilliant idealist gone rogue. His account relates not only the perils he encounters on his quest, but also the deterioration of his state of mind as he is confronted with a world that is hostile and alien to him.

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Young ELI Readers - The Shadow Line - Stage 4 ;B2 ;- Downloadable Audio Files

This novel shows the indecision and unpredictable side of youth compared to the wisdom of maturity.

Set in Asia in Victorian times, it is the story of a young sailor who is unsure of what he wants to do with his life. He is offered the job of captain on a sailing ship, a great responsibility, which takes him on a journey full of problems and life-or-death decisions. He crosses the “shadow line”, the boundary between youth and maturity, and realises that it is not age that makes us more mature, but life experiences.

Syllabus

Topics

Youth-Loyalty-Personal feelings and experiences-Adventure -Sailing and the sea -The supernatural -Eastern colonies in the Victorian era Grammar

Present and Past Simple and Continuous tenses Present and Past Perfect Simple and Continuous tenses Modals of obligation, Modal auxiliaries, Modals of deduction Passive forms - Gerunds

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Youth | Sailing | Adventures

Young Adult ELI Readers - Heart Of Darkness - Stage 6 C2 - Downloadable Audio Files

Heart of Darkness ;is classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the “100 best novels” and part of the Western canon.

Marlow, a man who has spent his life at sea, tells the story of a journey up the River Congo which changed his life. His journey upriver to find Kurtz, the charismatic head of a colonial trading station, takes him into the very heart of Africa and leads Marlow to question both Kurtz’s dubious methods and his own very nature. Conrad’s dark and powerfully evocative tale is a compelling study of inner conflict and a devastating critique of European imperialism.