Heart of Darkness (The Norton Library)

Conrad, Joseph

ISBN 10: 0393544087 / ISBN 13: 9780393544084

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc, 2022

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Synopsis:

A haunting critique of European colonialism in Africa, Heart of Darkness recounts Charles Marlow’s perilous expedition up the Congo River in search of Mr. Kurtz, the powerful and enigmatic commander of a Belgian ivory trading post. As Marlow draws closer to and finally reaches the target of his obsession, admiration turns to horror at the colonizers’ atrocities laid bare before him. Its famously cryptic narrative structure, richly layered with symbolic undertones, evokes a hazy, menacing atmosphere that has sparked countless reinterpretations and adaptations to this day.

About the Authors: JOSEPH CONRAD was born in Polish Ukraine on December 3, 1857, with the name Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski. Orphaned at the age of eleven, Conrad spent the remainder of his youth in Switzerland and Cracow before joining the French marines. In 1878, he enlisted in the British Merchant Navy. Following sixteen years of service, Conrad launched his literary career in England. He published many novels and stories, including Lord Jim (1900), Nostromo (1904), and most famously, The Heart of Darkness (1899), inspired by his steamboat voyage on the Congo River. Although English was his third language (after Polish and French), Conrad’s rich and distinctive prose established him as one of England’s greatest novelists. Conrad died on August 3, 1924, in Kent, England.

Pericles Lewis is Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Dean of Yale College at Yale University. The author or editor of six books on modern literature, he has most recently served as editor for literature since 1900 of the Norton Anthology of World Literature. He also served as founding President of Yale-NUS College (now NUS College) a joint venture between Yale and the National University of Singapore.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Heart of Darkness (The Norton Library)
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good