HEART OF DARKNESS

Heart of Darkness is a novella
written by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad. The book is about the life of
Charles Marlow who works as an ivory transporter on the Congo river in
Central Africa. The book talks about Marlow’s experience on his perilous
journey on the Congo river in order to rescue his employer’s agent, a fabled
and terrifying Mr. Klutz. The story is a complex elaboration on the modern
world’s attitude and conscience and explores the differences in the
constitution of a barbarian society and a civilized society.As Marlow
journeys through Central Africa, he is horrified and perplexed with what he
encounters along his way and is distraught by the weight that weighs on his
consciousness as he moves forward against all odds to save one man with the
death of many he witnesses as he does so. On finally finding Mr. Klutz,
Marlow finds himself calling into question all of his assumptions and beliefs
about civilization and human nature.Heart of Darkness is a three part serial
story that is read in numerous schools by students and is interpreted many a
number of times by various critics. It shows Conrad’s finest, most intense
and most sophisticated way of writing. The book was published in 2001 by Rupa
and is available in paperback. Key Features: The novel has been adapted
numerous times for film, most famously Apocalypse Now. In 1998, it was ranked
as one of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century by the
Modern Library.