- EAN13
- 9782385820978
- Éditeur
- Quick Read
- Date de publication
- 16/02/2024
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9782385820978
- Fichier EPUB, libre d'utilisation
- Fichier Mobipocket, libre d'utilisation
- Lecture en ligne, lecture en ligne
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Discover a new way to read classics with Quick Read.
This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each
chapter.
\- Reading time of the complete text: about 5 hours
\- Reading time of the summarized text: 13 minutes
"The Crime of the Congo" is a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1909,
exposing the human rights abuses in the Congo Free State, a private state
controlled by the King of the Belgians, Leopold II. The book highlights the
brutal exploitation and torture of indigenous people in the region,
particularly in the lucrative rubber trade. Conan Doyle intended to bring the
terrible story of the Congo Free State to the people, as he believed that
public opinion had not been sensitive enough to the situation. He was
dismissive of the annexation of the state by Belgium, as slavery and ivory
poaching continued to occur after annexation. The book was praised as the most
powerful indictment yet launched against the Belgian rulers of the colony.
Conan Doyle's activism, including his authorship of "The Crime of the Congo,"
has been noted by many academics who have analyzed his life. In 2009,
Cambridge Scholars Publishing released a reprint of the work in Collected
Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The book is available at Project Gutenberg
and the Internet Archive.
This Quick Read edition includes both the full text and a summary for each
chapter.
\- Reading time of the complete text: about 5 hours
\- Reading time of the summarized text: 13 minutes
"The Crime of the Congo" is a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1909,
exposing the human rights abuses in the Congo Free State, a private state
controlled by the King of the Belgians, Leopold II. The book highlights the
brutal exploitation and torture of indigenous people in the region,
particularly in the lucrative rubber trade. Conan Doyle intended to bring the
terrible story of the Congo Free State to the people, as he believed that
public opinion had not been sensitive enough to the situation. He was
dismissive of the annexation of the state by Belgium, as slavery and ivory
poaching continued to occur after annexation. The book was praised as the most
powerful indictment yet launched against the Belgian rulers of the colony.
Conan Doyle's activism, including his authorship of "The Crime of the Congo,"
has been noted by many academics who have analyzed his life. In 2009,
Cambridge Scholars Publishing released a reprint of the work in Collected
Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The book is available at Project Gutenberg
and the Internet Archive.
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