Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad · 1899 · Fiction
Full text · 3 chaptersNarrated in your voice
Public domain · added by Library
What it's about
A man tells the story of going up a river, to men on a boat waiting for the tide, and cannot make the telling come out straight. Short, and no less contested now than it was: the book indicts the Congo's plunderers in language that has itself been indicted.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone reading toward the twentieth century - Readers who want an argument as much as a story - Anyone approaching it after Apocalypse Now
