ISBN: 9781853262401  Price: £1.99  Pages: 240

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

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 story provided the plot of the film Apocalpyse Now.

 

The other two stories in this book – Youth and The End of the Tether – concern the sea and those who sail uponit, a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme.