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Rare and modern books

Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness and Other Stories

Wordsworth Editions, 1995

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Year of publication
1995
ISBN
9781853262401
Author
Joseph Conrad
Pages
219
Volume
1
Publishers
Wordsworth Editions
Keyword
Fiction
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
New
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
Condition
New
First edition
No

Description

Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behaviour this induced in some individuals. The other two stories in this book - Youth and The End of the Tether - concern the sea and those who sail upon it, a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme.
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