# Heart of Darkness

By Joseph Conrad.

"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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Africa -- Fiction; Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction; Trading posts -- Fiction; Degeneration -- Fiction; Imperialism -- Fiction; Psychological fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Heart of Darkness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/64) by Joseph Conrad (4 h 10 min, English)
- [Heart of Darkness (version 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/15059) by Joseph Conrad (3 h 49 min, English)
- [Heart of Darkness (version 4)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/17219) by Joseph Conrad (4 h 3 min, English)

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