Heart of Darkness (Modern Classics) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140035664 ISBN 13: 9780140035667

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1973

Synopsis

This novella was first published in three-parts in Blackwood’s Magazine in 1899 and in book form in 1902. This masterpiece by the Polish-British author has been widely studied in university literature classes and used or imitated by the radio and television shows such as: the radio drama starring Orson Welles 1938, the novel, “Apocalypse Now” 1979, and such video games as: “Far 2 Cry,” 2008, “Spec Ops: The Line,” 2012, and “Victoria II,” 2013. T. S. Eliot, the well-known English poet, quoted from the novella, “Mr. Kurtz...he dead” to begin his poem, “The Hollow Men.” Reprint edition by Carroll Burcham Lubbock, Texas 2017

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Review:

'As powerful a condemnation of imperialism as has ever been written' --The Observer

'Once experienced, it is hard to let Heart of Darkness go. A masterpiece of surprise, of expression and psychological nuance, of fury at colonial expansion and of how men make the least of life... endlessly readable and worthy of rereading' --The Telegraph

From the Publisher:

Only edition with complete Diary of Congo, edited by leading Conrad scholar Professor Z. Najder

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140035664
• ISBN 13: 9780140035667
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112