![]() 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. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the '100 best novels' and part of the Western canon. Before its 1902 publication, Heart of Darkness appeared as a three part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. ![]()
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