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1 online resource (144 pages) |
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text file rdaft |
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(epub) |
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| Summary |
"The tale of a man's inability to escape his self-delusion and the tragic results that ensue, Almayer's Folly unfolds with the lush prose and keen psychological insights for which its author is renowned. Set in nineteenth-century Borneo, the novel recounts the brief rise and protracted fall of Kaspar Almayer, a Dutch merchant who has struggled for 25 years to practice his trade in the jungle. Only his daughter, Nina, brightens Almayer's embittered marriage to a Malayan, and he dreams of their triumphant return to civilization -- a fantasy undermined by Almayer's own greed and prejudice. This tale of personal tragedy offers a wider perspective on the disastrous effects of colonialism, a view familiar to the author from the worldly wealth of experience he acquired in fifteen years of service as a merchant seaman. Conrad infused his first novel with many of the themes and settings that he would return to again and again in his later fiction: the clash of Western and Eastern cultures, the sovereignty of the natural world, and the consequences of cowardice and racism. A gripping and thought-provoking chronicle, Almayer's Folly abounds in the page-turning excitement that won Conrad his place among the greatest storytellers in English literature."-- Provided by Freading. |
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| Subject |
Dutch -- Borneo -- Fiction.
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Trading companies -- Fiction.
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Imperialism -- Fiction.
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Lingard, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Borneo -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Didactic fiction.
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| Subject |
FICTION / Classics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9780486153780 (epub) |
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9780486426778 (print) |
| Standard No. |
9780486153780 |
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