Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary (Penguin Classics)

✍ Scribed by Conrad, Joseph; Knowles, Owen (Editor); Hampson, Robert (Editor); Stape, J H (Editor)

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 229 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780141441672

✦ Synopsis

Product Description

Penguin inaugurates a series of revised editions of Conrad's finest works, with new introductions

Exploring the workings of consciousness as well as the grim realities of imperialism, Heart of Darkness tells of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, who journeys into the heart of the African continent to discover how the enigmatic Kurtz has gained power over the local people.

About the Author

Joseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895. The following year he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes. He continued to write until his death in 1924.