King Leopold's Soliloquy is a 1905 pamphlet by American author Mark Twain.[1] Its subject is Leopold II'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 speaking in his own defense.
Ключови думи: satire, irony, political critique, colonialism, Congo Free State, human rights abuses, hypocrisy, propaganda, moral corruption, exploitation, violence, racism, imperialism, greed, denial, self-justification, European colonial powers, humanitarian façade,
