Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is 37,863 words — about 2h 31m at 250 words per minute, across 3 chapters. Measure your own speed and read it free, 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
- Length37,863 words · 2h 31m of reading
- Chapters3
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
3 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Heart of Darkness
- 02II
- 03III
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