Heart of Darkness - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 177356580X ISBN 13: 9781773565804

Publisher: Devoted Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

Joseph Conrad presents not an adventure, but a slow and unsettling unveiling.

Charles Marlow, a riverboat captain, journeys into the interior of the Congo under the employ of a European trading company, tasked with locating the elusive agent Kurtz. Along the way, he encounters not glory, but exploitation, decay, and a system built on illusion.

Kurtz-once a man of promise and ideals-has become something far more troubling: a figure of immense influence who has cast off restraint entirely. Yet what disturbs Marlow most is not Kurtz alone, but the recognition that his transformation is not an anomaly, but a revelation.

As the river narrows and the wilderness presses in, Marlow is forced to confront an unsettling truth: the darkness he seeks is not confined to distant lands, but exists at the very core of human nature-and the civilization that claims to oppose it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Devoted Publishing
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 177356580X
• ISBN 13: 9781773565804
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78
• Editor: Uyl Anthony