Heart of Darkness: Large Print Edition

“We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness...”
Heart of Darkness is a novel by Joseph Conrad about Charles Marlow’s life as an ivory transporter down the Congo River in Central Africa. The river is “a mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land.”
The story is a complex exploration of the attitudes people hold on what constitutes a barbarian versus a civilized society and the attitudes on colonialism and racism that were part of European imperialism.
This excellent edition is listed on the College Board Advanced Placement reading list for AP English.