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Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain, employed by a Belgian trading company. Although the river is never specifically named, readers may assume it is the Congo River, in the Congo Free State, a private colony of King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver; however, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization in a cover up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region.

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King Kong
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This Movie shows Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad
Jimmy reads this book in the boat going up the river
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Apocalypse Now

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This Movie is inspired by Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad
Apocalypse Now is an adaptation of Heart of Darkness taking place in Vietnam/Cambodia instead of the Congo
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Whatever Works

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This Movie refers to Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad
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Stranger Things:
Season:  1  / Episode:  4 
Chapter Four: The Body

This Television Episode refers to Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad
Book used in class

Lost:
Season:  1  / Episode:  4 
Walkabout

This Television Episode refers to Heart of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad
Jack asks Kate why she volunteers for every trip into the Heart of Darkness. The Heart of Darkness is a book about a trip into the Congo in Africa.

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Season:  1  / Episode:  18 
Heart of Darkness

 

Once Upon A Time:
Season:  1  / Episode:  16 
Heart of Darkness

 

The Vampire Diaries:
Season:  3  / Episode:  19 
Heart of Darkness


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