Heart of Darkness (1899) is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, written as a frame narrative, about Charles MarlowтАЩs life as an ivory transporter down the Congo River in Central Africa. The river is тАЬa mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land.тАЭ In the course of his travel in central Africa, Marlow becomes obsessed with Mr. Kurtz.
The is also known for being the basis behind The Vietnam War movie "Apocalypse Now"