Hello Guys in the following quotes a summery of a novel called Heart of darkness & Tales of unrest written by Joseph Conrad this novel is great because it help you to pass SAT exam and give a solid understanding of reading part of the exam it is considered as one of the most famous novels around the word and one of the greatest classical novels.
Who is Joseph Conrad ?
The writer, whose full name is Josef Konrad Korzeniowski, but known by the literary world as Joseph Conrad, was born in 1857 in the Ukrainian town of Berdychiv to a Polish mother and father. This region was once included in the territory of the Kingdom of Poland. Conrad's father, Apollo Korzeniowski, whose origins are based in a Polish noble family, was a writer, translator and political activist.
Novel Summery
Seaman Charlie Marlow takes a decaying steamboat on a perilous voyage to the heart of Africa. His mission is to relieve an ivory agent named Kurtz, taken sick at his remote trading station on the Congo River. The cruelty that Marlowe witnesses on his journey, and his eventual meeting with the legendary Kurtz, force him to question not only his own human nature and values, but the very basis of European civilization. Informed by Conrad's personal experience of Africa, and reflecting the savagery of life in the Belgian Congo, Heart of Darkness is an indictment of the evils of colonialism