Heart of Darkness

ある夜、テムズ川の船で休みながら、チャーリー・マーロウは友人たちにコンゴ川の蒸気船船長としての体験を語る。アフリカの奥地で、並外れた人物カーツ氏を探し求めたことが、彼に自らの本性と価値観――そして自らの社会の本性と価値観――を問わせることになった。

Resting one night on a boat on the River Thames, Charlie Marlow tells his friends about his experiences as a steamboat captain on the River Congo. There, in the heart of Africa, his search for the extraordinary Mr Kurtz caused him to question his own nature and values – and the nature and values of his society.