HEART OF DARKNESS

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best loved essential classics The reaches opened before us and closed behind as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness At the peak of European Imperialism steamboat captain Charles Marlow travels deep into the African Congo on his way to relieve the elusive Mr Kurtz an ivory trader renowned for his fearsome reputation On his journey into the unknown Marlow takes a terrifying trip into his own subconscious overwhelmed by his menacing perilous and horrifying surroundings The landscape and the people he meets force him to reflect on human nature and society and in turn Conrad writes revealingly about the dangers of imperialism