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Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)

by Joseph Conrad

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ISBN13: 9781593080211
ISBN10: 1593080212
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Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction, by Joseph Conrad, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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One of the most haunting stories ever written, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness follows Marlow, a riverboat captain, on a voyage into the African Congo at the height of European colonialism. Astounded by the brutal depravity he witnesses, Marlow becomes obsessed with meeting Kurtz, a famously idealistic and able man stationed farther along the river. What he finally discovers, however, is a horror beyond imagining. Heart of Darkness is widely regarded as a masterpiece for its vivid study of human nature and the greed and ruthlessness of imperialism.

This collection also includes three of Conrad’s finest short stories: “Youth,” the author’s largely autobiographical tale of a young man’s ill-fated sea voyage, in which Marlow makes his first appearance, “The Secret Sharer,” and “Amy Forster.”

Features a map of the Congo Free State.

A. Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has published articles on various twentieth-century British and postcolonial writers.

Synopsis:

One of the most haunting stories ever written, Joseph Conrad’ s "Heart of Darkness" follows Marlow, a riverboat captain, on a voyage into the African Congo at the height of European colonialism. Astounded by the brutal depravity he witnesses, Marlow becomes obsessed with meeting Kurtz, a famously idealistic and able man stationed farther along the river. What he finally discovers, however, is a horror beyond imagining. Heart of Darkness is widely regarded as a masterpiece for its vivid study of human nature and the greed and ruthlessness of imperialism. This collection also includes three of Conrad’ s finest short stories: “ Youth, ” the author’ s largely autobiographical tale of a young man’ s ill-fated sea voyage, in which Marlow makes his first appearance, “ The Secret Sharer, ” and “ Amy Forster.” Features a map of the Congo Free State.

Synopsis:

In Heart of Darkness, Captain Marlowe must wend his way up the African Congo to

recover the missing Colonel Kurtz in one of the greatest steamship adventures ever told. As Marlowe’s ship Nellie scrapes along the Congo, the voyage into the human soul, like the morass of steaming foliage along the banks, becomes increasingly dark and perilous.

In addition to the Marlowe tales Heart of Darkness and Youth, this new volume includes Conrad’s classic doppelganger tale The Secret Sharer and the lesser known “Amy Foster.”

Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College

in Asheville, North Carolina.

Includes an Original Map of the Congo.

About the Author

A. Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has published articles on various twentieth-century British and postcolonial writers.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781593080211
Author:
Conrad, Joseph
Publisher:
Barnes & Noble Classics
Introduction:
Matin, A. Michael
Illustrator:
Matin, A. Michael
Author:
Connad, Joseph
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Imperialism
Subject:
Europeans
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Stories (single author)
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Africa
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Barnes & Noble Classics
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
6.74x4.18x.82 in. .42 lbs.

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