Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat captain in Africa. Although Conrad does not specify the name of the river, at this time Congo Free State, the location of the large and important Congo River, was a private colony of Belgium's King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver; however, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization in a cover up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region.

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	Name	Binding	Sales Rank	Lowest New	Lowest Used	Published
	Heart of Darkness	Mass Market Paperback	9052562		$2.52
	HEART OF DARKNESS (non illustrated)	Kindle Edition	146138			2010
	Heart of Darkness (Everyman's Library Classics)	Hardcover	2088498	$16.71	$0.41	1993
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	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	657690	$6.60	$6.91	2013
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	128097	$7.49		2018
	Heart of Darkness: (Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Editio)	Kindle Edition	219578	$9.55		2012
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	The Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	277676			2017
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	Heart of Darkness (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	336141			2013
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	103620	$2.78	$0.24	2013
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	Heart of Darkness: and Selected Short Fiction	Paperback	675026	$7.99		2021
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	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	770269	$5.95	$23.63	2014
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	Heart of Darkness: and Other Tales (World's Classics)	Paperback	631197	$12.98	$0.01	1998
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	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	516773	$9.38	$9.24	2013
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	589754	$0.99		2014
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	Heart Of Darkness	Paperback	1258089	$4.97	$1.51	2011
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	Youth; Heart of Darkness; The End of the Tether (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)	Paperback	1085884	$11.61	$1.00	1995
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	Youth, Heart of Darkness, The End of the Tether (The World's Classics)	Paperback	10234580	$22.44	$2.97	1984
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	151608	$5.75		2018
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	398265			2017
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	1037318	$5.99		2015
	Heart of Darkness, with eBook	Audio CD	1257283	$17.98	$12.47	2008
	Heart of Darkness	Hardcover	8042573	$21.15	$25.55	2015
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	109226	$3.61	$2.80	2013
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	73313	$0.99		2013
	Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	461060	$16.88	$4.60	1950
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	780661	$5.93	$5.82	2012
	Heart Of Darkness	Paperback	6065898	$5.95		2013
	Heart of Darkness (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	558657			2012
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	Heart of Darkness (Inti Classics Annotated): By Joseph Conrad	Kindle Edition	38556			2015
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	Heart of Darkness (The Complete Classics)	Audio CD	1684876	$13.65	$11.99	2010
	Heart of Darkness (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)	Paperback	154563	$20.85	$1.09	2010
	Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	180900	$4.57	$1.25	2008
	Heart of Darkness (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	891655			2016
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	499040	$5.99		2016
	Heart of Darkness (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)	Kindle Edition	546590			1996
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	Heart of Darkness (Annotated with a Biography about the Life and Times of Joseph Conrad)	Kindle Edition	131166			2011
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	Heart of Darkness Illustrated	Paperback	1866970	$19.99		2021
	The Heart Of Darkness	Hardcover	2813998	$20.89	$34.80	2010
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	Heart of Darkness	Audible Audio Edition	10137	$14.95		2015
	Selected Short Fiction of Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness, The Duel and The Return (Illustrated)	Paperback	345508	$11.16		2015
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	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	360084	$3.89		2015
	Heart of Darkness (Annotated)	Kindle Edition	605230			2011
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	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	1435297	$35.00		2016
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	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	1193800			2015
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	Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim	Hardcover	1012913	$19.99	$23.22	2015
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	Heart of Darkness	Hardcover	1319957	$11.98		2016
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	11493668		$1.00	1980
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	Heart Of Darkness	Paperback	16995	$4.85		2015
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	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	385899	$3.99	$8.58	2013
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	690307			2017
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	412764			2010
	Heart Of Darkness: By Joseph Conrad : Illustrated	Kindle Edition	10975			2016
	Heart of Darkness	Audio CD	1551033	$16.19	$22.47
	Heart of Darkness and Other Tales	Paperback	2992326	$1.60	$0.01
	Heart of Darkness and two other stories	Hardcover	2426651	$69.95	$56.67
	Heart of Darkness (Annotated): With Study Guide Questions	Paperback	662973	$4.99		2018
	Youth/Heart of Darkness/Typhoon (Modern Library)	Hardcover	1138987	$30.00	$1.05	1993
	Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer (Signet Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	261412	$1.50	$0.01	1997
	Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer	Hardcover	2254022	$22.95	$10.00	1991
	Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness	Paperback	61258	$3.88		2016
	Heart of Darkness (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) Revised edition by Conrad, Joseph (1995) Paperback	Paperback	2130535	$36.70	$32.19
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	722198	$2.91	$2.91	2016
	Heart of Darkness	Hardcover	988136	$12.80	$16.53	2016
	Heart of Darkness: The Illustrated Edition	Hardcover	1362741	$35.90	$23.58	2013
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	13381	$5.99		2017
	Heart of Darkness (Everyman's Library)	Hardcover	66426	$10.01	$4.96	1993
	Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer	Hardcover	485390	$12.98		2016
	Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics)	Hardcover	144558	$25.00	$1.99	2005
	Heart of Darkness - Illustrated Edition	Paperback	221405	$4.95		2017
	Heart of Darkness (Illustrated Edition)	Kindle Edition	16109			2014
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	584549	$12.77	$12.77	2010
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	Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer (Signet Classics) by Joseph Conrad (2008-08-05)	Paperback	816115	$11.40	$6.20
	Heart of Darkness Thrift Study Edition (Dover Thrift Study Edition)	Paperback	1100549	$2.74	$0.01	2009
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	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad	Paperback	1210752	$4.99		2017
	Heart of Darkness: (Starbooks Classics Editions)	Paperback	13048971	$6.56	$7.38	2014
	Heart of Darkness SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series)	Paperback	327744	$1.95	$3.49	2014
	Heart of Darkness [Large Print Edition]: The Complete & Unabridged Classic Edition	Paperback	608633	$10.90	$10.89	2014
	Heart of Darkness, The Man Who Would Be King, and Other Works on Empire (A Longman Cultural Edition)	Paperback	708736	$5.09	$3.00	2006
	Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer (Bantam Classic)	Paperback	135062	$2.50	$0.10	1982
	Heart of Darkness / Das Herz der Finsternis: English | German (German and English Edition)	Paperback	587821	$15.42	$15.36	2015
	Heart of Darkness (Cactus Classics Large Print 16 Point Font): Cream Paper, 6" x 9", 15.2 cm x 22.9 cm, Large Type, Large Font	Paperback	863619	$10.99		2017
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	Heart of Darkness	Hardcover	21011	$14.43	$13.72	2019
	Heart Of Darkness: A Fantastic Story of Action & Adventure (Annotated) By Joseph Conrad.	Paperback	128601	$6.99	$8.27	2019
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	Heart of Darkness (Annotated0 Edition with Study Guides	Paperback	840964	$14.25		2020
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	Heart of Darkness: New Premium Edition - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad	Paperback	799927	$7.99		2019
	Heart of Darkness (100 Copy Limited Edition)	Hardcover	1936061	$72.13	$72.07	2018
	Heart of Darkness: New Edition - Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad	Paperback	905967	$9.30		2020
	Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer	Mass Market Paperback	7137936	$33.99	$0.99
	Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions)	Paperback	21446	$0.99	$0.10	1990
	Heart of Darkness (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	18591	$0.99		2014
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	419596	$5.27	$0.01	2013
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	16782	$4.13	$1.34	2013
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	Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Editions)	Paperback	129227	$18.60	$1.45	2005
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	225632	$3.35	$2.72	2009
	Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	35584	$4.09	$0.19	2007
	Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics)	Kindle Edition	126588	$3.99		2007
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	406866	$4.63	$0.71	2013
	Heart of Darkness (Dover Thrift Editions)	Kindle Edition	53608	$0.99		2012
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	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	490464	$2.99		2020
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	Heart of Darkness (World's Classics Deluxe Edition)	Hardcover	2229998	$23.55	$23.53	2020
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	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	349791	$6.25		2019
	The Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	69527	$0.49		2017
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	446765	$3.99		2020
	Heart of Darkness – Ed. Goonetilleke – Third Edition (Broadview Edition)	Paperback	1299837	$13.50		2020
	Heart of Darkness (Illustrated)	Kindle Edition	14596	$0.99		2014
	Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer	Paperback	1117106	$3.30	$2.00	2016
	Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)	Paperback	28865	$0.98	$0.01	2008
	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Illustrated): Heart of Darkness (1899) is a short novel by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad	Kindle Edition	375762	$2.99		2014
	Heart of Darkness	Hardcover	4686049	$23.90	$39.75	2006
	Youth, Heart of Darkness, The End of the Tether	Hardcover	6028880		$51.53
	Heart of Darkness and Other Stories (Collector's Library)	Hardcover	360787	$5.82	$5.94	2011
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	843717			2017
	Heart of Darkness	Paperback	164303	$4.78	$4.78	2014
	Heart of Darkness (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)	Hardcover	1456774	$53.58	$4.99	1996
	Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics)	Paperback	2683867	$2.63	$0.01	1989
	Heart of Darkness & Selections from The Congo Diary	Paperback	272711	$5.06	$0.01	1999
	Heart of Darkness and Selections from the Congo Diary (Modern Library Classics)	Kindle Edition	410460	$7.99		2000
	Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad	Kindle Edition	1894582			2014
	Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)	Mass Market Paperback	523964	$0.47	$0.01	2003
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	564443			2012
	Heart of Darkness: And Youth	Kindle Edition	627097			2010
	Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer (Bantam Classic)	Kindle Edition	350873			2004
	Heart of Darkness [with Biographical Introduction]	Kindle Edition	623102			2004
	Heart of Darkness (Classic Books on CD Collection) [UNABRIDGED]	Audio CD	778523	$22.99	$16.99	2008
	Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer (Signet classics)	Mass Market Paperback	15085848	$8.49	$1.81	1950
	Heart of Darkness	Kindle Edition	361002			2017