Heart of Darkness: (Annotated Edition)

By: Conrad, Joseph

Although Polish by birth, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is regarded as one of the greatest writers in English, and Heart of Darkness, first published in 1902, is considered by many his "most famous, finest, and most enigmatic story." -- Encyclopaedia Britannica. The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ivory trader who exercises an almost godlike sway over the inhabitants of the region. Both repelled and fascinated by the man, Marlow is brought face to face with the corruption and despair that Conrad saw at the heart of human existence.
In its combination of narrative and symbolic power, masterly character study and acute psychological penetration, Heart of Darkness ranks as a landmark of modern fiction. It is a book no serious student of literature can afford to miss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09TDS8ZSR
• ISBN13: 9798421698111
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A study of man - annotation is a smart idea

Heart of Darkness is well written. The idea of a storyteller within the story isn't unique, but it works very well. We could think about the word darkness for quite some time. The best way to think about it is with Cliff's Notes. I wanted him to get on with it. I guess I was a little impatient for the action and the ending. If it hadn't been for Cliff Notes, I would have missed half of what he was implying. A merchant company is missing an agent named Kurtz, and Marlowe must find him. Traveling through tougher environments than he expected, he might have discovered what he was looking for. Like many epic stories, the physical distance or direction isn't as important as the change it causes in a person’s soul. I somehow missed this book in school. The reason I started reading it before I got fully into it was to see how much it resembled the movie. No, not the movie you're thinking of—"Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" (1988). The film was primarily shot in the avocado groves maintained by the University of California, Riverside (UCR), which the university uses for horticultural research. Adrienne Barbeau plays Dr. Kurtz. The horror... the horror... So, you will want to see the movie “Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death” (1989) with Adrienne Barbeau as Dr. Kurtz. Or another adaptation, “Apocalypse Now” (1979).