{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-and-selected-short-fiction-signature-editions","title":"Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Signature Editions)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Charles Marlow travels to Africa to serve as steamboat pilot for an ivory-trading company, he learns he is to rendezvous with Kurtz, a trading-post agent held in high regard. But the deeper Marlow penetrates into the jungle, the grimmer the assessments of Kurtz become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed by Conrad himself as “something quite on another plane than an anecdote of a man who went mad in the Centre of Africa,” Heart of Darkness has long been regarded as a powerful appraisal of the fragility of civilization and the consequences of imperialism. This collection includes another five of Conrad’s incomparable tales of adventure, including “The Secret Sharer,” “Youth,” and “Typhoon.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48576091095207,"sku":"9781435172319","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781435172319.jpg?v=1776528687","url":"https:\/\/rootsbookstore.com\/products\/heart-of-darkness-and-selected-short-fiction-signature-editions","provider":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}