The classic story of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, who undergoes a physical and psychological journey in his search for the enigmatic Mister Kurtz. Mister Kurtz is a white man in a strange position of power and influence amongst a tribe in Africa. Heart of Darkness is a complex meditation on colonialism, evil, and the thin line between civilization and barbarity. This edition contains selections from Conrad's Congo Diary of 1890--the first notes, in effect, for the novel which was composed at the end of that decade.