<p>Heart of Darkness by J. Conrad is a good book for learning vocab (“lugubrious drollery”- bet you don’t know what that is). It is also good for CR skills, as the writing is sometimes pretty dense. And writing skills, you can learn a ton of cool expressions from HofD (“as it were”, which I think is pretty cool, pops up a lot). Oh yeah, and HofD also has some solid material for answering essay questions. Just make sure to reread it.</p>