Heart of Darkness is a novella 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 1899, in Blackwood's Magazine. In 1902, Heart of Darkness was included in the book 'Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories' (published November 13, 1902, by William Blackwood). In a letter to Henry-Durand Darvay, dated April 10, 1902, Joseph Conrad wrote: 'A wild story of a journalist who becomes manager of a station i