Forms of the Novella
1981
David H. Richter, Richter, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ, Herman Melville, Henry James, Kate Chopin, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, D. H. Lawrence, Katherine Anne Porter, Thomas Pynchon, David H. Richter
Heart of Darkness
3.6/ 5
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Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best. His readers are brought to face our psychological selves to answer, ‘Who is the true savage?’. Originally published in 1902, Heart of Darkness remains one of this century’s most enduring works of fiction. Written several years after Joseph Conrad’s grueling sojourn in the Belgian Congo, the novel is a complex meditation on colonialism, evil, and the thin line between civilization and barbarity.
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Book Details
First Published
1899
Pages
136 pages
Rating
3.6 / 5
Ratings
140
Editions
553
Publisher
Giunti
Language
TUR, FRE, ENG
Status
Published
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