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Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

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"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is a novella published in 1899. Sailor Charles Marlow recounts his journey as a steamer captain for a Belgian company deep into the African interior. His assignment: to find Kurtz, an ivory trader who has mysteriously "gone native" at a remote station upriver. Conrad's tale explores European colonialism, power, and morality while questioning the boundary between civilization and savagery. The novella provides a dark meditation on imperialism, drawing unsettling parallels between London and Africa as places shrouded in darkness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  2. 2I(2)21,370 chars
  3. 3II(1)59,781 chars
  4. 4II(2)7,011 chars
  5. 5III(1)59,850 chars
  6. 6III(2)4,689 chars