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Heart of darkness 1899 is a novella by polishenglish novelist joseph conrad about a narrated voyage up the congo river into the congo free state in the. Penguin classics presents joseph conrad s heart of darkness, adapted for listening and available as a digital audiobook as part of the penguin english library series. Below, you can listen to a reading of heart of darkness by british stage and voice actor hayward morse. In conrad s haunting novella, narrator marlow recounts his experiences in the congo free state. Joseph conrad heart of darkness audio book download. Heart of darkness by joseph conrad audiobook youtube. An 1899 novella written by joseph conrad, heart of darkness tells of charles marlow, an englishman who took a foreign assignment from a belgian trading company as a ferryboat captain in africa. Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to europe, and africa was literally on maps and minds as a mysterious shadow, heart of darkness famously explores the rituals of civilisation and barbarism, and the frighteningly fine line between them. Although no territory is named in the text, the story is based on a journey that conrad. Heart of darkness is a novel by joseph conrad 18571924.
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