Heart of Darkness and Other Stories

The horror! The horror! These are Kurtz's final words in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, the story of a man who travels into the jungle to seek his fortune and who instead finds an all-consuming moral and spiritual wilderness. Conrad s enduring tale served as a touchstone for many works of fiction inspired by its sombre theme. This collection also includes an additional five of Conrad s best stories:The Secret Sharer,Youth, Typhoon, Karain: A Memory and Falk: A Reminiscence .