In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad portrayed events in the Congo as "the vilest chase for loot that ever scarred the history of human conscience."
Over 10 million Congolese perished during King Leopold's rule in the Congo, and he amassed a wealth of $1.1 billion, which he buried in foundations, Swiss banks, shell businesses, and mansions on the French Riviera.
Who exactly is Joseph Conrad?
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British author widely recognized as one of the finest to have written in English.
Despite the fact that he could not speak English effectively until his thirties, he became known as a great prose stylist who introduced a non-English sensibility into English writing.
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