Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (Paperback)
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Description
A tale of horror, 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.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781853262401
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 5 Mar 1995
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Authors
- Joseph Conrad
Gene M. Moore (Contributor)
Gene M. Moore (Introduction by)
Keith Carabine (Editor)
Keith Carabine (Series Editor)
Dr. Keith Carabine (Series Editor)
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- Edition
- New ed
- Series
- Wordsworth Classics
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 240
- Dimensions
- 198 x 128 x 14mm (164g)
Summary
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.
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.
Fiction
- General Subject
- Literature/Classics
- BISAC Subject 1
- Fiction / Classics
- BIC Classification 1
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
- Dewey Classification
- 823.912
- Readership
- General (US: Trade)
Author Bio
Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam
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