About this audiobook
Author: Joseph Conrad
Type: Fiction
Language: English
Literary tradition: United Kingdom
Duration: 4h 10m
Narrator: Kristin LeMoine
Source: LibriVox / Internet Archive
This public-domain audiobook is provided for free listening.
About the Story
Charles Marlow travels up the Congo River in search of the enigmatic trader Kurtz. The journey exposes violence and exploitation beneath the language of empire, while forcing Marlow to question what civilization means.
Joseph Conrad's novella is a concentrated exploration of colonialism, moral darkness, and storytelling itself. Heart of Darkness has become one of the most discussed works of twentieth-century literature.
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Recording source: Internet Archive.