{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad-9780141441672","title":"Heart of Darkness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished alongside other works on the 150th anniversary of Joseph Conrad's death, \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e has long been regarded as a literary classic and a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe novella reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians, representing one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters a man named Kurtz at the end of the story—dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e first appeared as a three-part series in \u003cem\u003eBlackwood's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e in 1899 and was soon after published as a novella in 1902 in the volume \u003cem\u003eYouth: A Narrative; and Two Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46335621071084,"sku":"9780141441672","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9218703482238.jpg?v=1743654033","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad-9780141441672","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}