Heart of Darkness is in the same league as Animal Farm as being a very political novel for its time. Joseph Conrad wrote it to shame European aristocrats espousing liberal ideas while tolerating the rape of African society in the name of empire building
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Heart of Darkness is in the same league as Animal Farm as being a very political novel for its time. Joseph Conrad wrote it to shame European aristocrats espousing liberal ideas while tolerating the rape of African society in the name of empire building