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Heart of Darkness (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
Heart of Darkness (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions) | Joseph Conrad
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The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough’s meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad’s style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlow’s voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with a generous collection of maps and photographs that bring the Belgian Congo to life. Textual materials, topically arranged, address nineteenth-century views of imperialism and racism and include autobiographical writings by Conrad on his life in the Congo. New to the Fourth Edition is an excerpt from Adam Hochschild’s recent book, King Leopold’s Ghost, as well as writings on race by Hegel, Darwin, and Galton. "Criticism" includes a wealth of new materials, including nine contemporary reviews and assessments of Conrad and Heart of Darkness and twelve recent essays by Chinua Achebe, Peter Brooks, Daphne Erdinast-Vulcan, Edward Said, and Paul B. Armstrong, among others. Also new to this edition is a section of writings on the connections between Heart of Darkness and the film Apocalypse Now by Louis K. Greiff, Margot Norris, and Lynda J. Dryden. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
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It is the only book I have physically with #heartinthetitle and it is a book I dislike. An English Professor friend of my mother's gave it to me when I was in High School, though, and he wrote in it, so I keep it. #17booklove #day24 @jess.how

Libby1 I absolutely hated it. I read it a few years ago for a book club, so it hadn't been forced on me as a teen. I have read a lot of bleak and difficult stories, many of which I enjoy and find sustenance in. This, however, I just found to be boring and awful. Why didn't you like it? 8y
Seshat Same as you, @Libby1 , I found it boring and awful. I wasn't interested in any of the characters. 8y
GinEyre22 This was forced on me in 8th grade and I hated it. The entire class hated it so much that the line "THE HORROR, THE HORROR" became a running joke for the rest of the year. 8y
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Nebklvr Better than Animal Farm... 8y
Seshat I found Animal Farm a lot more readable, @Nebklvr 8y
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This is the closest thing in my physical collection to a book I #lovetohate and I only keep it because a friend of my mother's, who is an actual English Professor who did his dissertation on this book, gave it to me. @LibrarianRyan #day1#booklove17 #booklove2017

Libby1 I absolutely hated this one, too. 8y
Seshat Yeah, @Libby1 it is hateable for such a brief book. At least my copy has Francis' (Mom's Prof friend who gave me the book) notes scribbled in the margins, so that is cool. 8y
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Does Heart of Darkness count as #whenworldscollide for #novemberland #day6 @TizJ3ss Also #readitinschool for #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading This is actually a 1963 Norton edition that an English prof. friend of my mother's gave me. Has his underlining and notes in it.

Leniverse You have the best editions of everything! 8y
Seshat Thanks, @Leniverse! 8y
TizJ3ss I definitely think this counts! The worlds can be real! 8y
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