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Heart of Darkness

By Joseph Conrad
Series: The Penguin English Library
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Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, follows the journey of Marlow, a sailor navigating the Congo River in search of the enigmatic Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader with a feared and revered reputation. As Marlow ventures deeper into the African jungle, he uncovers disturbing insights about imperialism, humanity, and the darkness within the human soul. This narrative blends adventure with a profound exploration of moral ambiguity and colonial exploitation.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy exploring complex themes of imperialism, human nature, and the ambiguities of morality. Its atmospheric storytelling and richly detailed narrative provide a gripping journey into the depths of the human psyche, all set against the backdrop of a mysterious and haunting landscape.

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Heart of Darkness

Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist.

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'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, rage - who can tell? - but truth - truth stripped of its cloak of time. Let the fool gape and shudder - the man knows, and can look on without a wink.'

Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist. As his boat labours further upstream, closer and closer to Kurtz's extraordinary and terrible domain, so Marlow finds his faith in himself and civilisation crumbling.

Conrad's Heart of Darkness has been considered the most important indictment of the evils of imperialism written to date.

Series: The Penguin English Library

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ISBN: 9780141199788

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 September 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 101g

Pages: 128

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Fiction General Fiction Joseph Conrad Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: The Penguin English Library

About the Author

Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 he 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, before leaving the sea eight years later to devote himself to writing. He published his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895, and produced within fifteen years such astounding works as Youth, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes and Victory. He continued to write until his death in 1924. Lord Jim, Nostromo and The Secret Agent are also published in the Penguin English Library.

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