HEART OF DARKNESS BY JOSEPH CONRAD + STUDY GUIDE

This app features Heart of Darkness. Includes analysis and study materials.

Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the so-called 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 ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between what Conrad calls "the greatest town on earth", London, and Africa as places of darkness.

Central to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilised people and those described as savages; Heart of Darkness raises questions about imperialism and racism.

Originally issued as a three-part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine to celebrate the thousandth edition of the magazine, Heart of Darkness has been widely re-published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness 67th on their list of the 100 best novels in English of the twentieth century.

This app not only contains the full content of Heart of Darkness, but also resources for analysis and study.

The contents of this app includes:

♠ Heart of Darkness: I to III

♠ Plot Overview

♠ I to III Summary and Analysis

♠ Character List (Summary of all characters)

♠ Character Analysis: Marlow

♠ Character Analysis: Kurtz

♠ Themes

♠ Motifs

♠ Symbols

♠ Key Facts

♠ Important Quotations Explained

♠ Context

♠ Full Book Quiz

♠ Context Quick Quiz

♠ Plot Overview Quick Quiz

♠ Character List Quick Quiz

♠ Major Characters Quick Quiz

♠ Themes, Motifs & Symbols Quick Quiz

♠ Quick Quizzes on all parts of Heart of Darkness I, II and III

♠ Study Questions

♠ Suggested Further Reading

♠ Suggested Essay Topics

♠ Heart of Darkness Sample Essay #1

♠ Heart of Darkness Sample Essay #2

♠ Heart of Darkness Sample Essay #3

♠ Heart of Darkness Sample Essay #4

♠ Heart of Darkness Sample Essay #5

♠ Recommended Resources

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