Conrad's novella follows Marlow's journey up the Congo River to find the enigmatic Kurtz, a journey that becomes a descent into colonialism's heart of moral emptiness. Written in 1899, this remains one of the most searing indictments of European imperialism and the thin veneer of civilization. Conrad's prose is dense, hallucinatory, and deliberately disorienting—the style itself enacts the moral confusion at the story's core. This modernist novella and colonial critique continues to provoke discussion about imperialism, racism, and the darkness within civilization itself.
 
 
 
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