{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-9782491251628","title":"Heart of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Conrad\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Expeditions \u0026amp; Discoveries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness (1899)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the Heart of Africa.Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the successful ivory trader Kurtz. Conrad offers parallels between London (\"the greatest town on earth\") and Africa as places of darkness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentral to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between \"civilised people\" and those described as \"savages.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e implicitly comments on imperialism and racism.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginally issued as a three-part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine to celebrate the thousandth edition of the magazine, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e has been widely re-published and translated into many languages. It provided the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness 67th on their list of the 100 best novels in English of the twentieth century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780009443479,"sku":"9782491251628","price":1539.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9782491251628.webp?v=1778041724","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/heart-of-darkness-9782491251628","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}