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Heart of Darkness : 'As Powerful a Condemnation of Imperialism as Has Ever Been Written' by Joseph. Conrad (1984, Uk- a Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140431683

ISBN-139780140431681

eBay Product ID (ePID)60378

Product Key Features

Book TitleHeart of Darkness : 'as Powerful a Condemnation of Imperialism As Has Ever Been Written'

Number of Pages1 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1984

TopicPsychological, General, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorJoseph. Conrad

FormatUk- a Format Paperback

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Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal823/.9/12

SynopsisThis edition of Heart of Darkness provides depth and context for students, with the complete novel in an easy-to-read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by a teacher with academic expertise in the area. Explore the contemporary context, Conrad's writing, the novel's critical reception, and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the text. Expand your further reading with a list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts. Improve your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and culturally-specific terms defined in the glossary., "Heart of Darkness" grew out of a journey Joseph Conrad took up the Congo River; the verisimilitude that the great novelist thereby brought to his most famous tale everywhere enhances its dense and shattering power. Apparently a sailor's yarn, it is in fact a grim parody of the adventure story, in which the narrator, Marlow, travels deep into the heart of the Congo where he encounters the crazed idealist Kurtz and discovers that the relative values of the civilized and the primitive are not what they seem. "Heart of Darkness" is a model of economic storytelling, an indictment of the inner and outer turmoil caused by the European imperial misadventure, and a piercing account of the fragility of the human soul.