Heart of Darkness Audiobook by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness Audiobook by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river-boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three levels of darkness that the protagonist, Marlow, encounters: the darkness of the Congo wilderness, the darkness of the Europeans' cruel treatment of the African natives, and the unfathomable darkness within every human being for committing heinous acts of evil. Although Conrad does not give the name of the river, at the time of writing the Congo Free State, the location of the large and important Congo River, was a private colony of Belgium's King Leopold II. In the story, Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver. However, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization, in a cover-up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction

Language: English

SECTION CHAPTER READER TIME
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01 01 - Chapter 1 - Part 1 Bob Neufeld
00:52:17
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02 02 - Chapter 1 - Part 2 Bob Neufeld
00:48:58
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03 03 - Chapter 2 - Part 1 Bob Neufeld
00:47:14
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04 04 - Chapter 2 - Part 2 Bob Neufeld
00:40:28
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05 05 - Chapter 3 - Part 1 Bob Neufeld
00:46:55
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06 06 - Chapter 3 - Part 2 Bob Neufeld
00:42:53
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Heart of Darkness Audiobook by Joseph Conrad
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    Heart of Darkness (version 2)
    Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

    Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novel...

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  • Summary of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.mp3

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    "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad is a novella that explores themes of colonialism, imperialism, the darkness of the human soul, and the moral ambiguity of human actions. It is a story within a story, narrated by a sailor named Marlow, who recounts his journey into the heart of the African Con...

  • Biography of Joseph Conrad.mp3

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    Joseph Conrad, whose real name was Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-born British novelist widely regarded as one of the most significant writers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works, known for their exploration of themes such as imperialism, colonialism, human psycho...