"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is a story set in the late 1800s that follows Charles Marlow's voyage up the Congo River in search of Kurtz, an enigmatic ivory trader. Aboard the Nellie, the story starts with Marlow pondering the Thames River and the mysteries beyond London. His exploration exposes the brutal realities of imperialism and the darkness of human nature, as the pursuit of Kurtz uncovers moral uncertainties and troubling views on European colonialism, all foreshadowing the journey's profound and unsettling truths.
Heart of Darkness
By Joseph Conrad
A seaman's hunt for a mysterious trader leads him into the heart of Africa, where he confronts the savage realities of greed and the shadowy corners of the human soul.
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About the AuthorJoseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world.
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world.
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