# Heart of Darkness — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heart_of_darkness_se/chapters/i.md): Marlow describes his arrival at the Outer Station, witnessing the absurd and exploitative behavior of the colonial agents, the burning of a grass shed, the beating of a native, and first hearing the name of Kurtz. He obs
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heart_of_darkness_se/chapters/ii.md): Marlow describes the journey deeper into the jungle, the eerie stillness and the incomprehensible frenzy of the natives, his struggle to keep the steamboat running, the encounter with the Russian trader, and the growing 
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/heart_of_darkness_se/chapters/iii.md): Marlow pursues Kurtz after his escape into the jungle, confronts him, and persuades him to return to the steamboat. Kurtz is carried back, and during the journey downriver, his health deteriorates rapidly. He dies with t

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