Heart of Darkness
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This work is in the public domain. The author died in 1924; in Sri Lanka copyright lasts for the author's life plus 70 years, so the work has been free since 1995.
About this book
Marlow travels up the Congo river in search of the ivory trader Kurtz. A short novel about colonialism and what it does to those who practise it.
- Language of the book
- English
- Category
- Novels
- First published
- 1899
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