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Introduction and Notes by Gene M. Moore- Universiteit van Amsterdam.Generally regarded as the pre-eminent work of Conrads shorter fiction- Heart of Darkness is a chilling tale of horror which- as the author intended- is capable of many interpretations. Set in the Congo during the period of rapid colonial expansion in the 19th century- the story deals with the highly disturbing effects of economic- social and political exploitation of European and African societies and the cataclysmic behaviour this induced in some individuals.The other two stories in this book - Youth and The End of the Tether - concern the sea and those who sail upon it- a genre in which Conrad reigns supreme....