Heart of Darkness

This collection includes three iconic stories by Joseph Conrad about the clash of man with darkness – both external and internal.

In «Heart of Darkness», a journey into the depths of colonial Africa turns into a terrifying plunge into human cruelty and shows that true darkness lies not in the jungles, but in the heart of the «civilized» West. In «The Secret Sharer», a captain who secretly shelters a fugitive on his ship finds himself on the verge of a moral choice: by helping another, he seems to converse with his own «shadow» and tests the strength of his identity and sense of duty. In «Typhoon», the crew of the ship faces the destructive force of nature, and the captain must take responsibility for the lives of people, remaining true to himself under conditions where nature and circumstances test his will and moral resilience. Read in the original and without abridgment about how the sea, the storm, and distant shores become a mirror of the human soul, and how the trial of external darkness inevitably leads to an encounter with the darkness within.