Heart of Darkness is a novella by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon.This highly symbol story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Charles Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo to a group of