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Marlow, the storys narrator, tells his friends of an experience in the british congo where he once ran a river steamer for a trading company. Home joseph conrad audio downloads joseph conrad audio downloads. Selected by the modern library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, joseph conrad s heart of darkness was originally published as a threepart serial story in blackwoods magazine in 1899, then later as a novella in the 1902 collection youth. Heart of darkness by joseph conrad free at loyal books. Joseph conrad jozef teodor konrad nalecz korzeniowski 18571924 was born in ukraine.
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