<Table> Heart of Darkness <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Heart of Darkness was first published as a three - part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Author </Th> <Td> Joseph Conrad </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> United Kingdom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Novella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1899 serial; 1902 book </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publisher </Th> <Td> Blackwood's Magazine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> The Nigger of the' Narcissus' (1897) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> Lord Jim (1900) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Heart of Darkness was first published as a three - part serial story in Blackwood's Magazine . </Td> </Tr>

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