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Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

ISBN: 0486264645
ISBN-13: 9780486264646
Format: Paperback

Summary

In HEART OF DARKNESS, Conrad's most existential hero, Marlow, is the commander of a riverboat looking for ivory to trade in the Belgian Congo. His journey into the heart of the Congo is both a thrilling adventure and a symbolic excursion into the depths of the human psyche to confront the evil that exists there. Marlow's encounter with the mysterious and corrupted Kurtz, who dies proclaiming the "horror" of what he found in the Congo, is the novel's defining moment, when Marlow recognizes his kinship with Kurtz's corruption. This insight enables Marlow to retreat from Kurtz's world and return to England. Kurtz, in his attempts to reconcile his noble ideas with his greed, can't survive.

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"Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' was one of the most profound books of my formative years. I have never forgotten it." -- Patricia Cornwell

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Dover Pubns
Published date: 1990
Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.15 pounds
Pages: 72

Publisher's Notes

In Conrad's haunting tale, Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the enigmatic Kurtz. Travelling to the heart of the African continent, he discovers how Kurtz has gained his position of power and influence over the local people. Marlow's struggle to fathom his experience involves him in a radical questioning of not only his own nature and values but the nature and values of his society.

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Paperback - Dover Pubns (1990) - from $1.00
Hardcover - Random House Inc (1993) - from $7.94

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