The Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Penguin Classic Softcover Book

Title: The Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Penguin Classic Softcover Book.
Author: Joseph Conrad.
Type: Fiction.
Edition: Penguin Books, Reprint 1989.
Publisher: Penguin Books.
Year First Published: 1902.
Format: Softcover Book.
Printed By: Clays Ltd, St Ives.
Page Count: 121 pages.
Width: 11cm
Height: 18cm
Thickness: 1cm
Info: Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the successful ivory trader Kurtz. Conrad offers parallels between London ("the greatest town on earth") and Africa as places of darkness.
Central to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between "civilised people" and "savages." Heart of Darkness implicitly comments on imperialism and racism.
Originally issued as a three-part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine to celebrate the thousandth edition of the magazine,Heart of Darkness has been widely re-published and translated into many languages. It provided the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness 67th on their list of the 100 best novels in English of the twentieth century.
With an introduction by Paul O'Prey.
Condition: Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages, previous user has made pencil notations in a few places 
in the book, which have been left as is. Some browning on edges due to age of the book.
Price: R 145.00 Inc Vat.