Heart Of Darkness And Other Stories

Heart Of Darkness And Other Stories by Joseph Conrad The
finest of all Conrads tales Heart of Darkness is set in an
atmosphere of mystery and menace and tells of Marlows
perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his
employers agent the renowned and formidable Mr. Kurtz.
What he sees on his journey and his eventual encounter
with Kurtz horrify and perplex him and call into question
the very bases of civilization and human nature. Endlessly
reinterpreted by critics and adapted for film radio and
television the story shows Conrad at his most intense and
sophisticated. The other three tales in this volume depict
corruption and obsession and question racial assumptions.
Set in the exotic surroundings of Africa Malaysia and the
east they variously appraise the glamour folly and
rapacity of imperial adventure. This revised edition uses
the English first edition texts and has a new chronology
and bibliography.