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| "He (Marlow) was the only man of us who still 'followed the sea.' The worst that could be said of him was that he did not represent his class. He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedimentary life... But Marlow was not typical (if his propensity to spin yarns be excepted), and to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale which brought it out only as a glow brings out a haze, in the likeness of one of these misty halos that sometimes are made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine. |
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| Marlow's first speech. (LOC 46) |
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"Something funny?"
"I was just thinking: Everybody's trying to get out of the city."
"So?"
"We're the only ones bringing bodies in."
(LOC 176) |
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(loc188)
An insight on how the main character, Nick, thinks. Talk about analyzing a woman's mouth compared to a "cow on amphetamines" |
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(loc 314)
Phone conversation dialogue only necessary items. No tags. Conciseness. |
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