Heart of Darkness (Wordsworth Classics) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853262404 ISBN 13: 9781853262401

Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore, Universiteit van Amsterdam

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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. A very influential story, it provided the plot of the film Apocalpyse Now.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1853262404
• ISBN 13: 9781853262401
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240