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Heart of Darkness audiobook

  • By: Joseph Conrad
  • Narrator: Frederick Davidson
  • Length: 3 hours 57 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2009
  • Language: English
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Heart of Darkness Audiobook Summary

Compelling, exotic, and suspenseful, Heart of Darkness is far more than just an adventure story. The novel explores deep into the dark regions of the hearts and souls of its characters and into the conflicts prevalent in more “primitive” cultures. It is also a striking picture of the moral deterioration that can result from prolonged isolation.

Marlow, the story’s narrator, tells his friends of an experience in the Congo where he once ran a river steamer for a trading company. He tells of the ivory traders’ cruel exploitation of the natives there. Chief among these is a greedy and treacherous European named Kurtz, who has used savagery to obtain semidivine power over the natives. While Marlow tries to get Kurtz back down the river, Kurtz tries to justify his actions, asserting that he has seen into the very heart of things.

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Heart of Darkness Audiobook Narrator

Frederick Davidson is the narrator of Heart of Darkness audiobook that was written by Joseph Conrad

Frederick Davidson (1932–2005), also known as David Case, was one of the most prolific readers in the audiobook industry, recording more than eight hundred audiobooks in his lifetime, including over two hundred for Blackstone Audio. Born in London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed for many years in radio plays for the British Broadcasting Company before coming to America in 1976. He received AudioFile’s Golden Voice Award and numerous Earphones Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for his readings.

About the Author(s) of Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad is the author of Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness Full Details

Narrator Frederick Davidson
Length 3 hours 57 minutes
Author Joseph Conrad
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date April 16, 2024
ISBN 9781481540698

Subjects

The publisher of the Heart of Darkness is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Classics

Additional info

The publisher of the Heart of Darkness is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781481540698.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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