• Heart of Darkness is bound with some of Conrad's best-known seafaring stories: Lord Jim, Typhoon and The End of the Tether. HEART OF DARKNESS (1899) Charles Marlow transports ivory down an African river but he becomes obsessed with Mr. Kurtz, an agent known to the natives and European colonials. These relationships – involving savagery, racism, and civilisation – are at the heart of the novel and the heart of darkness, a novel consistently ranked among the top in the world. LORD JIM 1900) British seaman Jim is first mate on the Patna, en route to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, with religious pilgrims. But Jim, the captain and others abandon both the ship and the passengers when the vessel takes on water. Jim is stripped of his navigation command certificate and moves to a remote island to bury his past, reinventing himself as Lord Jim. This edition also includes Conrad's high seas tales Typhoon (1902) and The End of the Tether (1902).