Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "e;100 best novels"e;and part of the Western canon. The story centers 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 (1899) is a shor...