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Marlow described sitting cross-legged, resembling an idol or Buddha 'preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower.'
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From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Marlow is introduced as the meditative seaman whose tales differ from typical sailors' yarns, with meaning enveloping the tale like a haze.
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'The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity... but to him the meaning of an episode was not inside like a kernel but outside, enveloping the tale.' Defines Conrad's impressionist method.
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