<i>&ldquo;The horror! The horror!&rdquo;</i><br /><br /><i><b>Heart of Darkness</b></i> is a complex exploration of the attitudes people hold on what constitutes a barbarian versus a civilized society and the attitudes on colonialism and racism that were part and parcel of European imperialism.<br /><br />In 1998, the Modern Library ranked <i>Heart of Darkness</i> as the sixty-seventh of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century.