
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad(Author)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 4. July 2024
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-241-65557-3 (ISBN)
Description
Joseph Conrad's haunting Modernist masterpiece, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound Classics series
Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz, dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature.
Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz, dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-65557-3 (9780241655573)
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Joseph Conrad | Owen Knowles | Robert Hampson
Heart of Darkness
Book
08/2007
Penguin Classics
€11.50
Available immediately

Joseph Conrad | Owen Knowles | Robert Hampson
Heart of Darkness
E-Book
08/2007
1st Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
€5.49
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Joseph Conrad's major works (all published by Penguin Classics) include Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Lord Jim,Under Western Eyes, The Secret Agent and Typhoon.