Marlow
Buckinghamshire riverside settlement
Marlow is a surname, most famously borne by the narrator Charlie Marlow in Joseph Conrad's novels, including *Heart of Darkness* and *Lord Jim*.
The name also appears as Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled detective.
As a place name, Marlow is a town on the Thames in Buckinghamshire, England.
Novella exploring imperialism's brutality
- narratorOne who tells events
- protagonistStory's central figure
- seafarerOne who navigates oceans
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
Kurtz · imperialism · Congo · Thames · ivory · darkness · journey · storytelling
Heart of Darkness
Novella exploring imperialism's brutality
- narratorOne who tells events
- protagonistStory's central figure
- seafarerOne who navigates oceans
Kurtz · colonialism · imperialism · Congo · Thames · ivory · darkness · journey · storytelling · yarn
Buckinghamshire
County northwest of London
village · regatta · rowing · riverside · Shelley · bridge · high street · parish
genealogy
Study of family descent
lineage · kinship · descent · bloodline · relatives · last name · maiden name · playwright · namesake
- Joseph ConradHeart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Victory, Typhoon, Kurtz
- New HampshireConcord, Manchester, Portsmouth, Nashua, Dover
- Thames ValleyThames, Henley-on-Thames, Abingdon, Wallingford, Dorchester