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| Heart of Darkness (Everyman's Library Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Joseph Conrad
Creator: Verlyn Klinkenborg
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 253737
Media: Hardcover
Edition: New edition
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1857151747
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781857151749
ASIN: 1857151747
Publication Date: September 16, 1993
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Disturbing yet very rewarding cerabral read August 3, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Heart of Darkness begins simply, with seaman yarning in a boat moored on the Thames. Then Marlowe takes the deck with one of his stories. In a short space of time, we, the readers are taken to the Congo. Conrad's story, like Marlowes' voyage unfolds slowly, yet systematically. The clear cut certainties of life are gradually replaced by multi-hued, overlapping themes that repeat in their own cycle: contrast between light and dark, deception, the corruption of good intentions. The reader is drawn into the African puzzle with Marlowe; he empathises with Marlowes and Kurtz's invisible change. The final resolution and the epilogue are a fine coda to a great book.
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