Heart of Darkness,Paperback | 176 pages

Generally considered as the pre-eminent work of Conrad's shorter fiction, Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror that, as the author intended, is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century, story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic, social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behavior of this induced in some individuals.