Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
 
The story reflects the physical and psychological shock Conrad himself experienced in
                    1890, when he worked briefly in the Belgian Congo. The narrator, Marlow, describes a journey he
                      took on an African river. Assigned by an ivory company to take command of a cargo boat stranded
                       in the interior, Marlow makes his way through the treacherous forest, witnessing the brutalization of
            the natives by white traders and hearing tantalizing stories of a Mr. Kurtz, the company's most
                     successful representative (Amazon.com).
 
 

 

Here are some helpful links and study aids:

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~benjamin/316kfall/316kunit3/studentprojects/conrad/conrad.html

This site, maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, contains the complete text of Heart of Darkness plus thematic references.
 

http://film.tierranet.com/films/a.now/

This site discusses the film "Apocalypse Now" and how the film parallels Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
 

http://www.stfrancis.edu/en/student/kurtzweb/conrad.htm

This site was developed by students at  St. Francis University and contains biography information, text, history, and letters.  There are also some links to other Conrad resources.
 
 

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