Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

    • 3.9 • 2.1K Ratings

Publisher Description

Heart of Darkness (1899) is a short novel by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, written as a frame narrative, about Charles Marlow's life as an ivory transporter down the Congo River in Central Africa. The river is "a mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land". In the course of his travel in central Africa, Marlow becomes obsessed with Mr.  Kurtz.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1997
January 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
154
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SELLER
Public Domain
SIZE
96.8
KB

Customer Reviews

ladyknitter ,

Heart of Darkness

I find this book pointing out the worst in men of power and greed. How they deceive. Yet they can’t deceive themselves ultimately.

ruhsena ,

A true classic

Forget Jane Austin, this a truly great classic piece of literature! To all those who rated it poorly, well your going have to use that brain, it has a lot hidden elements to it. It also takes some time to get into it... But the time is worth it! It's not like reading twilight, you have to actually think a little and maybe do some research, I know shocking. Ppl did more of that back then...

Patrick "P-Woody" Woodworth ,

Best book ever. But tough

This is easily one one of the best books ever written and one I've read. But is also one of the hardest to read. There are layers of underlying themes, allusions, and every possible literary goodness. It's hard to understand at times but it's worth it.

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