num_pages: 160
description: "The dark places of the human soul - this is the region that Jospeh Conrad so brilliantly explores. In the steaming jungles of the Congo or the vast reaches of the sea, it is a man's capacity for good and for evil that is his enduring theme.Heart of Darkness tells of a powerful European, Kurtz, who reverts to awful savagery in an isolated native trading post.The Secret Sharer describes the terrible conflict of a young captain who is torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a young officer with whom he identifies himself after the murder of a mutinous crew member.Compelling, vivid, exotic, suspenseful, these are among the half-dozen greatest short novels in the English language. 'To make you hear, to make you feel, above all to make you see' - this was first and last, the aim of Conrad."-from the back cover
language: English
title: Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer
titlecomplete: Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer
characters: Kurtz, Charles Marlow
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School, Africa, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 17523
publisher: Signet Classics