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King Leopold's Soliloquy is a 1905 pamphlet by American author Mark Twain. Its subject is King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State. A work of political satire harshly condemnatory of his actions, it ostensibly recounts a fictional monologue of Leopold II speaking in his own defense.
- Mark Twain
- 1905
18 de mar. de 2008 · King Leopold's soliloquy; a defense of his Congo rule : Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
We see this awful king, this pitiless and blood-drenched king, this money-crazy king towering toward the sky in a world-solitude of sordid crime, unfellowed and apart from the human race, sole butcher for personal gain findable in all his caste, ancient or modern, pagan or Christian, proper and legitimate target for the scorn of the lowest and ...
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23 de jul. de 2020 · In this eBook, Mark Twain imagines a soliloquy of King Leopold II, the Belgian ruler of the Congo Free State, who defends his brutal and exploitative policies. He mocks Leopold's hypocrisy, greed, and cruelty, and exposes the lies and slanders he used to gain and maintain his power.
20 de out. de 2022 · This is a 1905 pamphlet by Mark Twain. Its subject is King Leopold's rule over the Congo Free State. A work of political satire harshly condemnatory of his actions, it ostensibly recounts Leopold speaking in his own defense. King Leopold raves madly about the good things that he says he has done for the people of the Congo Free State, including ...
An Anti-Imperialist Pamphlet. MARK TWAIN, King Leopold’s Soliloquy (1905) Belgium led the way in colonizing sub-Saharan Africa, under the flag of the Congo Free State, a benevolent organization that claimed to bring the benefits of European civilization to Africa.
