Description
| Product ID: | 9781509850921 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Title: | Heart of Darkness & other stories |
| Authors: | Author: Joseph Conrad |
| Page Count: | 376 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Adventure / action fiction, Adventure, Congo, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Joseph Conrad's hauntingly beautiful masterpiece in a hardback gift edition featuring an afterword by Dr Keith Carabine. <p><b>Sinister and incisive, <i>Heart of Darkness </i>by Joseph Conrad has retained the fascination of readers and scholars alike. It is accompanied here by the stories with which it has been published since 1902: the autobiographical <i>Youth</i>, and the tale of an old man's fall from fortune, <i>The End of the Tether</i>.<br></b><br>Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Dr Keith Carabine, specialist in American literature and former chair of the Joseph Conrad society.<br><br>One night on the Thames, Charles Marlowe tells his fellow sailors the vivid and brutal tale of his time as a riverboat captain in the Belgian Congo. From the mists of London we are whisked to the darkness of Africa’s colonial heart – and into the thrall of the tyrannical Kurtz, an ivory trader who has established himself as a terrifying demi-god.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Collector's Library |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-05-03 |