{"product_id":"9781614271987","title":"Heart Of Darkness","description":"Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England. 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 London and Africa as places of darkness.\u003cbr\u003eCentral 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.\u003cbr\u003eOriginally 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 sixty-seventh on their list of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1825, the Brothers published their Kleine Ausgabe or \"small edition\", a selection of 50 tales designed for child readers. This children's version went through ten editions between 1825 and 1858.","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041896546544,"sku":"9781614271987","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614271987_p0.jpg?v=1763852459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614271987","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}