{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-9781773565804","title":"Heart of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Conrad presents not an adventure, but a slow and unsettling unveiling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Marlow, a riverboat captain, journeys into the interior of the Congo under the employ of a European trading company, tasked with locating the elusive agent Kurtz. Along the way, he encounters not glory, but exploitation, decay, and a system built on illusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKurtz-once a man of promise and ideals-has become something far more troubling: a figure of immense influence who has cast off restraint entirely. Yet what disturbs Marlow most is not Kurtz alone, but the recognition that his transformation is not an anomaly, but a revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the river narrows and the wilderness presses in, Marlow is forced to confront an unsettling truth: the darkness he seeks is not confined to distant lands, but exists at the very core of human nature-and the civilization that claims to oppose it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Devoted Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773565804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e8659 \/ Heart of Darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 9 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Joseph Conrad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750290387125,"sku":"9781773565804","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/heart-of-darkness-9781773565804","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}