{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-joseph-conrad-9780141199788","title":"Heart of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOmschrijving\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eby Joseph Conrad\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, rage - who can tell? - but truth - truth stripped of its cloak of time. Let the fool gape and shudder - the man knows, and can look on without a wink'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist. As his boat labours further upstream, closer and closer to Kurtz's extraordinary and terrible domain, so Marlow finds his faith in himself and civilization crumbling. Conrad's \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e has been considered the most important indictment of the evils of imperialism written to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePromotionele informatie\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness \u003c\/i\u003eby Joseph Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProductspecificaties\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuteur:\u003c\/strong\u003e Joseph Conrad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSerie:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Penguin English Library\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUitgever:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books Ltd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eImprint:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBindwijze:\u003c\/strong\u003e B-format paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVerschijningsdatum:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2012-09-27\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAantal pagina's:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780141199788\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThema:\u003c\/strong\u003e Classic fiction: literary and general\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/strong\u003e FICTION \/ Classics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOver de auteur\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 he travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality, before leaving the sea eight years later to devote himself to writing. He published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eAlmayer's Folly\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1895, and produced within fifteen years such astounding works as \u003ci\u003eYouth, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnder Western Eyes \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e. He continued to write until his death in 1924.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord Jim\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNostromo \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Agent \u003c\/i\u003eare also published in the Penguin English Library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intertaal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56354481209684,"sku":"9780141199788","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/0538\/0692\/files\/9780141199788.jpg?v=1783583041","url":"https:\/\/intertaalid.nl\/en\/products\/heart-of-darkness-joseph-conrad-9780141199788","provider":"Intertaal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}