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Facts about Heart of Darkness
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Marlow, the narrator of Heart of Darkness, is a recurring character whom Conrad also used in several other works, including Lord Jim and Youth.
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Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now is widely regarded as the most famous adaptation of Heart of Darkness, transposing its story to the Vietnam War.
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The novella's setting draws from Conrad's 1890 journey up the Congo River, where he witnessed Belgian colonial brutality and worked briefly as a riverboat captain.
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In 1902, three years after serialization ended, Heart of Darkness was published as a standalone novella by Blackwood and Sons in Edinburgh.
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Joseph Conrad serialized Heart of Darkness in Blackwood's Magazine across three monthly installments from February through April 1899.