The meeting between Marlow and Kurtz is one of the greatest literary confrontations to date. The powerful metaphor of Marlow’s journey down a Congo River as a discovery of humanity’s dark impulses gives Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and The Congo Diary entry into the Modern Library’s 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century. This edition pairs the masterful piece of fiction with a personal diary of the author’s trip up the Congo River in 1890. Conrad worked as a merchant marine on many ships before writing these important works. | Heart Of Darkness by JOSEPH CONRAD, Paperback | Indigo Chapters