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Heart of Darkness

noun

  1. a short novel (1902) by Joseph Conrad.

Heart of Darkness

  1. (1902) A short novel by Joseph Conrad . It concerns a seafarer, Marlow, who is sent to the interior of Africa in search of a “mad adventurer” named Kurtz. The book's title refers both to the location of the story and to the evil and darkness in people's hearts.

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Francis Ford Coppola based his 1979 film Apocalypse Now on a version of Conrad's story set during the Vietnam War . He released a newly edited version, Apocalypse Now Redux , in 2001.

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