Heart of Darkness (Collins Classics)
Author(s): Joseph Conrad
Heart of DarknessBy Joseph ConradHeart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the heart of Africa.[1] Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between what Conrad calls "the greatest town on earth", London, and Africa as places of darkness.[2]
General Information
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- : William Collins
- : 0.1
- : 01 June 2016
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Joseph Conrad
- : Paperback
- : 1708
- : English
- : 128
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Polish-born Joseph Conrad is regarded as a highly influential author, and his works are seen as a precursor to modernist literature. His often tragic insight into the human condition in novels such as Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent is unrivalled by his contemporaries.