Heart of Darkness & Other Stories by Joseph Conrad

Despite his protestations, this is undeniably an invaluable historical document offering a glimpse into the horrific human consequences of the imperial powers' scramble for Africa as much as it is a compelling tale. It is tempting to see Heart of Darkness as a masterfully constructed parable on human nature (witness Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation, in which the action was transposed to south-east Asia) but as historian Adam Hochschild has pointed out in King Leopold's Ghost, about the king's rape of the Congo, Conrad himself was quite clear that it was based on specific events he had witnessed, saying it was 'experience… pushed a little (and only very little) beyond the actual facts of the case'. pre-eminent work of Conrads shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which. With Marlow present, his chilling last words are 'The horror! The horror!' Heart of Darkness & Other Stories / Joseph Conrad. The dying Kurtz is taken aboard the boat (along with a prodigious quantity of ivory), but he does not survive the journey back downstream. Heart of Darkness and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Flexi Edition) (Barnes & Noble Flexibound Editions) New/Used Joseph Conrad. of Darkness was published in a separate volume along with two other stories by Conrad. It is accompanied here by the stories with. When Marlow finally reaches Kurtz's camp, he discovers a scene of unimaginable depravity. Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness, now his most famous work. Sinister and incisive, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad has retained the fascination of readers and scholars alike. The further upstream Marlow gets, the more intense the sense of impending danger, with cryptic warnings and a bloody ambush ratcheting up the tension.

Heart of Darkness & Other Stories by Joseph Conrad