Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the successful ivory trader Kurtz. Conrad offers parallels between London ("the greatest town on earth") and Africa as places of darkness.

《黑暗的心》是约瑟夫·康拉德的一部中篇小说，讲述了船员马洛的故事。马洛在行程中，被象牙贸易公司业务员库尔兹的事迹所吸引。这本书探索了人潜在的、固有的黑暗面，涉及了殖民主义、种族主义、野蛮、文明等多个主题。黑暗之心在1998年的现代图书馆百大英文小说排行榜中，位居编辑小组名单第67名。这本书还是西方文学正典之一。1979年法兰西斯·柯波拉根据小说拍摄了一部越战背景电影《现代启示录》。