This introduction to Heart of Darkness is available in PDF form

The introduction is taken from The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors, edited by edited by Stephen Greenblatt et al, Volume 2, 10th edition, Norton, 2019, pp. 1056-60.

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Heart of Darkness introduction

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