Joseph Conrad

The Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad

This novella was first published in three-parts in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899 and in book form in 1902. This masterpiece by the Polish-British author has been widely studied in university literature classes and used or imitated by the radio and television shows such as: the radio drama starring Orson Welles 1938, the novel, "Apocalypse Now" 1979, and such video games as: "Far 2 Cry," 2008, "Spec Ops: The Line," 2012, and "Victoria II," 2013. T. S. Eliot, the well-known English poet, quoted from the novella, "Mr. Kurtz...he dead" to begin his poem, "The Hollow Men."Reprint edition by Carroll Burcham Lubbock, Texas 2017