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message 1: by Irene (new)

Irene (irene5) | 320 comments Hello, this edition of Heart of Darkness (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...) has been mistakenly listed under Heart of Darkness: and Selections from The Congo Diary, but it should be listed with the regular edition, Heart of Darkness without the additional writings (as can be seen on the cover).

Please combine it with the main listing of Heart of Darkness. Thank you so much!


message 2: by Sandra (last edited May 19, 2019 08:59AM) (new)

Sandra | 31511 comments According to Book Depository & Abebooks, it does have the Congo Diaries included, despite not having it on the cover. WorldCat also shows it as the Congo Edition. The look inside on amazon also has The Congo Diaries though the isbn isn't showing.

The person who added the book is an extremely experienced librarian so I'm sure it is correct.


message 3: by Irene (new)

Irene (irene5) | 320 comments I see. I know the content is very similar to this listing: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... (which is currently the 3rd most popular edition of the regular Heart of Darkness book listing) and that edition also contains the Congo diary. (I own both the penguin and the modern library edition I linked in my first post and I know the content is nearly identical aside from the forewords). I just double-checked with Amazon to be sure that the penguin also has excerpts from the Congo diary. Does this mean this penguin edition should be moved to the listing of Heart of Darkness with the Congo diary instead?

My main concern is that I have both editions and they’re showing up as different books. But the main, large Heart of Darkness listing includes many editions with or without extra content and the Congo diary so it seems strange that just this edition and a couple of others are separate.

I think by this logic of it including or not including the Congo diary, the penguin edition should be moved to the listing that mentions the Congo diary. Is this right? Because this is why the edition I originally listed doesn’t fit with the other editions, correct? Both editions don’t mention the Congo diary in the title but have it within its contents. Please clarify this for me. Thank you very much for your help and your quick response.


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