Heart of
Darkness
Author:
Joseph Conrad
Year of
Publication: 1899
Type of
Work: Novella
Age: The
Modern Age
The story is a thematic exploration of the
savagery- versus- civilization relationship, and of the colonialism and the
racism that make imperialism possible. Originally published as a three part.
Serial story, in ‘’Blackwood’s Magazine’’, the novella Heart of Darkness has
been variously published and translated in to many languages. In 1998 the
modern library ranked ‘’Heart of Darkness’’ as the 67th of the 100,
best novels in English of the 20th century.
Heart of
Darkness centers around Marlow an introspective sailor, and his journey up the
Congo River to meet Kurtz, reputed to be an idealistic man of great abilities,
Marlow tacks a job as a riverboat captain with the company, a Belgian concern
organized to trade in the Congo.
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