Joseph Conrad Poster Set: Heart of Darkness, Nostromo & The Secret Agent

Bring the brooding power of Joseph Conrad's fiction to your walls with this trio of prints, celebrating three of his most searching explorations of morality, power and the human heart. Together they make a striking set for readers drawn to fiction that unflinchingly probes what lies beneath the surface.

Why these three belong together

Conrad returned again and again to the corrosive effects of power and the fragile line between civilisation and darkness, and these three novels represent his vision at its most potent. Spanning a river journey into the Congo, a fictional South American republic, and the shadowy streets of London, each book examines corruption and morality from a different angle, making this set a fitting tribute to one of literature's great moral interrogators.

Heart of Darkness (1899)

Marlow travels up the Congo River to retrieve the enigmatic ivory trader Kurtz, journeying ever deeper into the African interior and into the darkness of the human soul. What he finds there is madness, and the terrible logic of unchecked power.

Nostromo (1904)

Set in the turbulent fictional republic of Costaguana, this novel follows Nostromo, an incorruptible Italian longshoreman entrusted with hiding a shipment of silver to keep it from funding revolution. The task that should prove his integrity instead corrupts his soul entirely.

The Secret Agent (1907)

Verloc, a lazy shopkeeper secretly spying for a foreign embassy in London, is ordered to orchestrate a bombing at the Greenwich Observatory. The plot unravels disastrously, destroying his family in a quiet tragedy of domestic terrorism.

Styling your Conrad wall

This set works beautifully in a study, library corner or reading nook, somewhere contemplative that suits Conrad's weighty themes. Hang the three prints in a straight horizontal line for a gallery feel, or stagger them slightly for something more relaxed. The set is available in Modern, Modern Minimalist, Square and Watercolour styles, so you can choose the look that best suits your space, and each print can be framed in oak, black or white, or left unframed for you to dress as you please. Remember, buying any three prints together brings you 20% off, making this an ideal way to build a considered, cohesive display of Conrad's finest work.