Part 1, opening paragraphs
'The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.' Establishes the frame narrator and the brooding Thames setting.
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From Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The frame narrator describes the cruising yawl Nellie at anchor on the Thames estuary, establishing the storytelling frame and linking London to the world's dark places.
Part 1, early pages
'And this also,' said Marlow suddenly, 'has been one of the dark places of the earth.' Marlow's opening line linking Roman Britain to colonial Africa.
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