Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore,
Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of
Conrads shorter fiction, 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 on
European and African societies and the cataclysmic
behaviour this induced in some individuals.
The other two stories in this book – Youth and The End
of the Tether – concern the sea and those who sail upon
it, a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme.
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