King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule by Mark Twain
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"King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule" by Mark Twain is a political satire pamphlet published in 1905. The work presents a fictional monologue in which King Leopold II of Belgium defends his brutal rule over the Congo Free State. Through biting irony, Leopold justifies atrocities—including massacres, starvation, and village extermination—by claiming Christian piety and divine right. He dismisses critical reports from missionaries and consuls as lies, insisting he brought
only religion and civilization to Congo while taking nothing for himself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 05032801 |
| Title | King Leopold's Soliloquy: A Defense of His Congo Rule |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Leopold%27s_Soliloquy |
| Credits |
Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Subject | Léopold II, King of the Belgians, 1835-1909 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 62739 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-62739-7 |
| Release Date | Jul 23, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1063 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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