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Heart of Darkness

By Joseph Conrad
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is a gripping tale of a journey into the African Congo, narrated by a sailor named Marlow. As Marlow travels upriver to meet the enigmatic ivory trader Kurtz, he confronts the depths of colonial exploitation and human depravity. The novel explores themes of civilisation versus savagery and the darkness within human nature.
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Heart of Darkness

Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure.

A haunting and hugely influential Modernist masterpiece, the Penguin Classics edition of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is edited with an introduction by Owen Knowles.

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Published alongside other works on the 150th anniversary of Joseph Conrad's death, Heart of Darkness has long been regarded as a literary classic and a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism.

The novella reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians, representing one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters a man named Kurtz at the end of the story—dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities.

Heart of Darkness first appeared as a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899 and was soon after published as a novella in 1902 in the volume Youth: A Narrative; and Two Other Stories.

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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is often praised for its evocative narrative and exploration of imperialism and human psyche. Critics admire Conrad's ability to portray the complexities of colonialism and its effects on both colonisers and the colonised, while some readers find the dense and symbolic language challenging. The novel's ambiguous moral and philosophical themes continue to intrigue and stimulate discussion among readers.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141441672

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 August 2007

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Owen Knowles
  • Edited by Robert Hampson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 146g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924.

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