{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-and-selected-short-fiction-paperback","title":"Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Charles Marlow travels to Africa to serve as steamboat pilot for an ivory-trading company, he learns he is to rendezvous with Kurtz, a trading-post agent held in high regard. But the deeper Marlow penetrates into the jungle, the grimmer the assessments of Kurtz become. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Described by Conrad himself as \"something quite on another plane than an anecdote of a man who went mad in the Centre of Africa,\" \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e has long been regarded as a powerful appraisal of the fragility of civilization and the consequences of imperialism. This collection includes another five of Conrad's incomparable tales of adventure, including \"The Secret Sharer,\" \"Youth,\" and \"Typhoon.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-born English novelist who is most famous for \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, his fictionalized account of Colonial Africa. He has been lauded as one of the most powerful, insightful, and disturbing novelists in the English canon, despite coming to England later in life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.95 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47389945659570,"sku":"9781435172319","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c74e97e0e231ff758fa857947a64406f.webp?v=1777936436","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/heart-of-darkness-and-selected-short-fiction-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}