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Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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Summary:
This novella by Joseph Conrad, was first published in 1902
with the story "Youth" and thereafter published separately. The story
reflects the physical and psychological shock Conrad himself experienced in
1890, when he worked briefly in the Belgian Congo. The narrator, Marlow,
describes a journey he took on an African river. Assigned by an ivory company to
take command of a cargo boat stranded in the interior, Marlow makes his way
through the treacherous forest, witnessing the brutalization of the natives by
white traders and hearing tantalizing stories of a Mr. Kurtz, the company's most
successful representative. He reaches Kurtz's compound in a remote outpost only
to see a row of human heads mounted on poles. In this alien context, unbound by
the strictures of his own culture, Kurtz has exchanged his soul for a bloody
sovereignty, but a mortal illness is bringing his reign of terror to a close. As
Marlow transports him downriver, Kurtz delivers an arrogant and empty
explanation of his deeds as a visionary quest. To the narrator Kurtz's dying
words, "The horror! The horror!" represent despair at the encounter
with human depravity--the heart of darkness.
Heart of Darkness
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