 Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream - making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment...  Complete Works - Page 82by Joseph Conrad - 1903Full view - About this book
 | 1899 - 1284 pages
...you see the story ? Do you see anything ? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream — making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can...essence of dreams. . . ." He was silent for a while. " . . . No, it is impossible ; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 410 pages
...Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream — making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can...essence of dreams. ..." He was silent for a while. "... No, it is impossible ; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 402 pages
...Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream — making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can...essence of dreams. ..." He was silent for a while. "... No, it is impossible ; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 440 pages
...you see the story ? Do you see anything ? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream — making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can...essence of dreams. . . ." He was silent for a while. "... No, it is impossible ; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 1903 - 368 pages
...Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream — making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can...essence of dreams. . . ." He was silent for a while. ". . . No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's... | |
 | Joseph Conrad - 2004 - 205 pages
...him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can...essence of dreams . . ." He was silent for a while. "...No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any given epoch of one's... | |
 | Barbara Tedlock - 1987 - 330 pages
...1976). 'It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream,' says Marlow in the Heart of Darkness, 'making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can...incredible which is of the very essence of dreams' (Conrad 1910:94-5). In remembering a dream consciously, we filter it through our language-centered... | |
 | Ronald R. Thomas - 1990 - 324 pages
...Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream — making a vain attempt because no relation of a dream can convey the dream sensation. — Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness I have put the language to sleep. In writing... | |
 | Marianne DeKoven - 1991 - 268 pages
...told an angel or a fiend was in there. ... It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream — making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation. (56-57) This passage strikes me as self-explanatory in light of my reading, but perhaps I should make... | |
 | Richard Ambrosini - 1991 - 274 pages
...to a dream. "It seems to me," Marlow tells his listeners, "I am trying to tell you a dream - making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation" (82). l7 This is not simply another of Conrad's frequent revisitations of the Calderonian "la vida... | |
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