Heart of Darkness-based on lit book

Original Paragraph:
The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide. The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of and interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits.


I really like this paragraph because it really gives a great description to get you into the book. If you keep reading this book, Joseph Conrad does an excellent job effectively illustration the actions and expressions of the characters, and the settings of the story.