Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

✍ Scribed by Joseph Conrad

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 486 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1411432304

✦ Synopsis

In "Heart of Darkness, Captain Marlowe must wend his way up the African Congo to recover the missing Colonel Kurtz in one of the greatest steamship adventures ever told. As Marlowe's ship Nellie scrapes along the Congo, the voyage into the human soul, like the morass of steaming foliage along the banks, becomes increasingly dark and perilous. In addition to the Marlowe tales "Heart of Darkness and "Youth, this new volume includes Conrad's classic doppelganger tale "The Secret Sharer and the lesser known "Amy Foster." Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. Includes an Original Map of the Congo.;The world of Joseph Conrad -- Introduction -- A note on the texts -- Author's note -- Youth -- Heart of darkness -- Amy Foster -- The secret sharer -- Endnotes -- Inspired by Heart of darkness -- Comments and questions -- For further reading.