Heart of Darkness
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2014
279 pages
978-1-84870-411-4 (ISBN)
Description
Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behaviour this induced in some individuals.
The other two stories in this book - Youth and The End of the Tether - concern the sea and those who sail upon it, a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme.
Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behaviour this induced in some individuals.
The other two stories in this book - Youth and The End of the Tether - concern the sea and those who sail upon it, a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Herts
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
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0,56 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84870-411-4 (9781848704114)
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Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
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03/1995
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
€6.50
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- General Introduction
- Introduction
- Notes to the Introduction
- Youth: a Narrative
- Heart of Darkness
- One
- Two
- Three
- The End of the Tether
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Endnotes
