About this book
"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is a novella published in 1899. Sailor Charles Marlow recounts his journey as a steamer captain for a Belgian company deep into the African interior. His assignment: to find Kurtz, an ivory trader who has mysteriously "gone native" at a remote station upriver. Conrad's tale explores European colonialism, power, and morality while questioning the boundary between civilization and savagery. The novella provides a dark meditation on imperialism, drawing unsettling parallels between London and Africa as places shrouded in darkness.
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- Author
- Joseph Conrad, 1857–1924
- Written
- 1899
- Form
- Novella
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Novels, Classics of Literature, British Literature
- Reading level
- Easy to read
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