Marlow comes face to face with the corruption and despair that lies at the heart of human existence when he undertakes a journey on behalf of a Belgian trading company up the Congo River in search of the tormented white ivory trader, Kurtz.
authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism
Conrad, Joseph
2006
A comprehensive collection of critical commentaries on Joseph Conrad's classic novel "Heart of Darkness, " including those from contemporaries Henry James and Virginia Woolf; along with the complete text of the novel.
Presents the unabridged text of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," along with scene-by-scene summaries, an overview of the story's plot, discussion questions with answers, a brief biography of Joseph Conrad, and more.
Presents the classic novel by nineteenth-century British author Joseph Conrad about Marlow, an adventurer and seaman and his physical and psychological journey into Africa where he witnesses the brutality of the natives by white traders.
