Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
1899
ISBN/ASIN: 1599869500
Number of pages: 348
Description:
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, witnessing the brutalization of the natives by white traders.
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