Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad was first published in 1899. It tells the story of the sailor Charles Marlow as he tells his listeners the story of his assignment as steamer captain for a Belgian company in the African interior.
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language; though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties.
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