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Heart of Darkness is a novella, written by Joseph Conrad, that is presented in the form of a frame narrative ( a story within a story ).

It was first published as a three-part serial, February, March, and April of 1899, in Blackwood's Magazine ( February 1899 was the magazine's 1000th issue: special edition ).

Then later, in 1902, Heart of Darkness was included in the book " Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories " ( published November 13th 1902, by William Blackwood ).

The volume consisted of Youth: a Narrative, Heart of Darkness, and The End of the Tether in that order, to loosely illustrate the three stages of life.

For future editions of the book, in 1917 Conrad wrote an " Author's Note " where he discusses each of the three stories, and makes light commentary on the character Marlow-the narrator of the tales within the first two stories.

He also mentions how Youth marks the first appearance of Marlow.