Including "Heart of Darkness"
CONRAD, Joseph. Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. 1902.
8vo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover lettered in black, decorations to spine and front cover in black; pp. [8], 375, [32]; spine a little sunned, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, dust mark to top edge, front hinge weak; occasional light spotting, else a very good copy.
First edition in book form of three novellas by Conrad, including "Heart of Darkness".
Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories marks a key moment in Joseph Conrad's literary career, being the first of his works to weave personal experience into fiction. It also introduces the character Charles Marlow, who famously narrates the second novella, "Heart of Darkness", widely regarded as one of the most influential works of modern fiction.
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