num_pages: 80
description: Dark allegory describes the narrator’s journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. Masterly blend of adventure, character development, psychological penetration. Considered by many Conrad’s finest, most enigmatic story.
language: English
title: Heart of Darkness
titlecomplete: Heart of Darkness
characters: Kurtz, Charles Marlow
genres: Read For School, Historical Fiction, Africa, School, Novels, Literature, High School, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 497456
places: Congo Free State, Africa, Brussels, Belgium, Belgian Congo
publisher: Prestwick House Inc.