Heart of Darkness and the Complete Congo Diary (Alma Classics Evergreens): Joseph Conrad - Softcover

Joseph Conrad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847494013 ISBN 13: 9781847494016

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2015

Synopsis

Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, this edition is published here with the complete Congo Diaries. On a boat in the Thames estuary, Marlow tells his travelling companions of his reconnaissance expedition for a Belgian trading company to its most remote outpost in central Africa, which brought him on the trail of the elusive Kurtz, a brilliant idealist gone rogue. His account relates not only the perils he encounters on his quest, but also the deterioration of his state of mind as he is confronted with a world that is hostile and alien to him.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

About this title

Review:

Perhaps the most haunting story that human imagination has ever achieved. --Jorge Luis Borges

About the Author:

Considered one of the greatest prose stylists, Joseph Conrad(1857 - 1924) chose to write in English instead of his native Polish. His work, drawn from his own adventurous experiences, is seen as a forerunner of literary modernism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1847494013
• ISBN 13: 9781847494016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192