By profound moral significance, minute psychological descriptions and unique narrative techniques, Conrad passes his judgments on the human life and the contradiction of human nature in the plot which is not so complicated.

• 在这部作品中，康拉德融入了深刻的道德寓意，细腻的心理描写及独特的叙述手法，在并不复杂的情节中包含着对人性的矛盾，人类生命的评判。