by Joseph Conrad · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140623437
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«Heart of Darkness» is the novel by Joseph Conrad, published by Penguin Books in 2007 in paperback (104 pages, in English).
The story follows Marlow, a sailor who travels up the Congo River in search of Kurtz, a colonial agent of whom great qualities are told. During the journey, Marlow witnesses the brutality and inefficiency of colonial exploitation and the terrible situation of the natives subjected to forced labour. Upon finding Kurtz, ill and on the verge of death, he confronts the moral ambiguity of a man who embodies both idealism and barbarism.
The edition belongs to the Penguin Popular Classics collection, although the imprint of Penguin Books.
Recommended for readers of classic fiction interested in adventure stories with a political backdrop and in English literature of the late nineteenth century.
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