Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a classic novella that explores the depths of human nature and the darkness that lies within. Set in the Congo during the late 19th century, the story follows Marlow, an English sailor, as he travels up the Congo River
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Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and – though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties – he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature.