Opening Lines is an Arts programme. Next Show TimesSeasons in DetailOpening Lines: Heart of DarknessSeries 14, episode 0John Yorke unpacks the themes behind Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and attempts to reconcile the racism many critics have accused the book of with its staunch attack on imperial barbarity. Conrad himself had previously worked on a boat going up the Congo river where he witnessed for himself the atrocities carried out by the Belgian colonisers on the local people Click to see when Opening Lines, Heart of Darkness is coming up on UK TV Cast (unconfirmed)
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