The finest of all Conrad´s tales, Heart of darkness is set in an atmosphere of mistery and menace, and tales of Marlow´s peilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer´s agent, the renowned and formidable Mr Kurtz. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter wuth Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very basis of civilization and human nature. Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted for film, radio, and television, the story shows Conrad at his most intense and sophisticated.