Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899)

Heart of Darkness is an 1899 novella by Joseph Conrad that follows protagonist Charles Marlow as he travels up the Congo River to meet a mysterious ivory trader, Kurtz.

Marlow's journey is based on Conrad's own experience in the Congo Free State during his time as a sailor in the early 1890s.

The story is framed by Marlow's retelling of his journey to a group of men aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames.

Through Marlow's journey, Conrad examines the darkness of human nature and European colonialism in Africa.

Marlow travels to the Congo in search of Kurtz, who is rumored to be a great man and an ivory trader.

Upon his arrival, Marlow encounters the dark realities of colonialism and discovers that Kurtz has succumbed to the darkness of the Congo.

Marlow is forced to confront his own feelings of guilt and shame as he witnesses the dehumanization of the native Africans by the colonialists.

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