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1847490891

Heart of darkness / Joseph Conrad.

Author: Conrad, Joseph.

Publication year: 2009

Language: English

Media class: Paperback

Publisher: Richmond : Oneworld Classics, 2009.

ISBN: 9781847490896 : 6.99 1847490891 : 6.99

Notes:

First published in 1899.

'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. Conrad's narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz, dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities.