Heart of Darkness

Name: Heart of Darkness
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780141199788
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By (author): Joseph Conrad

The Penguin English Library Edition of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

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

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Weight: 103g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 27 Sep 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780141199788

About Joseph Conrad

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.