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'Congo is the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the human conscience and geographical exploration.

At first glance, a musical based on Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol makes just slightly more sense than, say, an opera of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness .

Maine Fast Fact : On Route 1 at the University of Maine at Presque Isle campus there is a 40-mile-long scale model of the solar system, one of the largest in the world.

Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam war movie topped a poll marking 30 years of the London Film Critics' Circle Awards, where it won best film in 1980.

After preparing discussion questions for Joseph Conrad's novella "Heart of Darkness" for an AP World Literature course I am student teaching, my mind drifted to the Richmond High School gang rape.

Let's begin today's newsround by taking a look at writers and the BrontA s. A few days ago we recalled Paul Auster's admiration for Emily BrontA , and today his own writing is differentiated from Wuthering Heights in the New Statesman .

"The horror! The horror!" If you've ever read Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," you know those are the last words of the crazy character Kurtz before meeting his bitter end.

Remakes of scary movies have never been hotter, but who wants to see a beloved cult classic gentrified? "The horror! The horror!" In Heart of Darkness , Joseph Conrad liked the word so much he wrote it twice.

Our next item might be called if you must read this, okay, but please read it in a different way.

Chinua Achebe's new collection of essays is The Education of a British Protected Child.

Join Missouri State University's Department of Media, Journalism, and Film as they present a FREE film series at The Moxie all semester long.

The 19th century was a time of industrial revolution in Europe, where the major powers were looking to conquer and colonize the lands of Africa, Asia and America.

Name: Ellen Blickman Hometown: Allentown Profession: Restaurateur; owner, American Sandwich Co.) What I'm reading: ''Gone Tomorrow'' by Lee Child How is it? Gripping! You'll enjoy it if you like A A... Well-written mysteries with great characters Why I read: I love keeping my imagination active.

I just re-read Joseph Conrad's novel The Inheritors . Written in 1900 by the author of Heart of Darkness , The Inheritors is a critique and prediction of 20th century politics: the old order is dragged down by Machiavellian materialists who value only expediency and power.

When we think Dark Continent, we think thick jungle and wild animals and we think Africa.

Here's to a beautiful mess. Why can't we have more of them? An unusual sentiment, perhaps, but one that's felt strongly whenever "Apocalypse Now" is discussed.

Joseph Conrad: 'He composed a book where we see ourselves, darkly. Its relevance echoes forever, fizzing with understanding' Like some deeply bruised cloud hovering thunderously above a summer picnic, Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness threatens us still, more than a century since its publication.

Suburbia is the scourge of America, a geography we should efface. New Geography tends to go too far in the other direction, but the polemic is worth considering : Progressives clearly feel a need to delegitimise suburban life.

Getty Images; AP Photo Hills star Lauren Conrad just published her first novel but is it worthy of her literary forebear Joseph Conrad? Can you tell which is LC's L.A. Candy and JC's Heart of Darkness ? Take our quiz.

It may not look like it, but NBC's mini series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here is actually a deeply layered made-for-TV adaptation of Joseph Conrad's The Heart of Darkness starring Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag .