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(8) Snow Line
Reading Conrad is no walk in the park. In this story he grapples with some pretty heavy philosophical and abstract topics, like the destabilizing effects of social isolation, the pressures of societal norms, and the fuzzy line that separates reality and fantasy. Like the Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim, Conrad again takes us on a dense and thought provoking adventure, testing the characters in the story and our reading comprehension. So batten down the hatches and fasten the sails, we're about to go full speed ahead into the depths of this story.