TY  - BOOK
AU  - Conrad, Joseph
TI  - Heart of darkness
T2  - Collins Classics
SN  - 9780007368624
U1  - F 823 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - HarperPress
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Africa Fiction
KW  - Congo River
N2  - The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.' At the peak of European Imperialism, steamboat captain Charles Marlow travels deep into the African Congo on his way to relieve the elusive Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader renowned for his fearsome reputation. On his journey into the unknown Marlow takes a terrifying trip into his own subconscious, overwhelmed by his menacing, perilous and horrifying surroundings. The landscape and the people he meets force him to reflect on human nature and society, and in turn Conrad writes revealingly about the dangers of imperialism
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