Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

"Heart of Darkness" has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as 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.

• ISBN10: 0140623434
• ISBN13: 9780140623437
• Publish Date: 28 June 2007 (first published 1 January 1899)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 23 June 2015
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Imprint: Penguin Classics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 112
• Language: English

Reviews

Read this for an English class some years ago. I know it's a classic story but it's very dense and a bit antiquated (at least as I'm remembering it now). Worth reading but be prepared (some literary analysis before/during is worth it). Just not my particular cup of tea.

[adastra]

What a mess. I couldn't concentrate on this book at all because it's so convoluted. Once again I don't see the greatness in it.