CHAPTER SUMMARIES WITH NOTES
CHAPTER 1
Summary
This scene begins in the first-person voice of a man on board the cruising yawl, The Nellie, anchored on the Thames River outside of London at sunset. This unnamed narrator names the men on board the boat, the Director of Companies, the Lawyer, the Accountant, and Marlow. The frame narrator is proud of the accomplishments of English explorers such as Sir Francis Drake, whom he calls "the great knights-errant of the sea." He meditates complacently on the glory of imperialism, accomplished by those "bearing the sword, and often the torch." Marlow who looks over at London, regarded by Europeans as the height of civilization, and says, "this also has been one of the dark places of the earth" interrupts his thoughts. This statement serves as a foreshadowing to the evil (darkness) of the imperialism perpetrated on Africa and described in the book by Marlow.
The statement also refers to the title of the book and begins his discussion......

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Title: Darkness
Approximate Word Count: 9681
Approximate Pages: 39 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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