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Heart Of Darkness (Paperback)

by Joseph Conrad (Author)

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Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classic; New edition edition (July 27 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140620486
ISBN-13: 978-0140620481
Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.9 x 1 cm
Shipping Weight: 23 g

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"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.

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Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Haunting Re-Readable Classic, Nov 19 2006

By	Erico (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Set in the Belgian Congo during the 19th century Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is a journey to the darkest corners of the wilderness and the human heart. The story is told by Marlow, a sailor, who journeys to the Congo to captain a river steamer and ends up on a expedition to save an extrodinary ivory trader by the name of Mr. Kurtz.

Throughout this journey he encounters the raw brutality of colonialism in all its horror and greed. Conrad brings the reader to the frontier where men do savage things all for the spoils of conquest. This is in sharp contrast with other African adventure classics, such as King Solomon's Mines, which take a much more amiable view of the conquest of Africa.

Conrad shows all this barbarism with vivid imagery. His description of the Congo wilderness brings it life with all the mystery and majesty it is due. Conrad's prose is magnificent; you feel like you are at Marlow's side throughout the whole story. However anyone thinking this is a fast paced thriller is mistaken. It plot moves at a leisurely pace and isn't as rushed as novels today.

Another one of the beauties of this book is its re-readability. I first read it through without reading the introduction and I am glad I did. It let me interperet the meaning of the book without anyone else's influences and when I read the introduction at the end I found that there was a myraid of other themes that could be drawn from the story that I had not thought of. I am now reading it a second time in a new light. I suggest anyone reading it the first time to skip the intro and the footnotes until you've read it once. It will definetly make it a more enjoyable read.

Not that it is not already an excellent book. Heart of Darkness is a literature masterpiece that shows the raw repungent character of colonialism and human nature with haunting power.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting book, but not a very good ending., Oct 4 2006

By	Ahsan (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This story always keeps the reader interested and is very well written. Only problem I see is that the ending is not very good-it is very emotional and sad and I expected a better ending. Overall, a good book.

One thing is that it uses very advanced and hard English so you need to be a very good reader and know some of the advanced words in English that are not used often everyday. There are probably ten things happening at the same time when it seems like there is one thing happening. Good for grade 12 students and above.

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