Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is 38,745 words — about 2h 35m at 250 words per minute, across 2 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it here.
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How it opens
The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest. The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.…
Details
- AuthorJoseph Conrad
- SourceProject Gutenberg #219
- Length38,745 words · 2h 35m of reading
- Chapters2
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
2 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01II
- 02III
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