A young Dutch trader, Kaspar Almayer, marries Captain Lingard's adopted Malay daughter in the hopes of one day inheriting the captain's wealth. He moves to Borneo to run Lingard's trading post there, but while the captain is frittering away his fortune on a hopeless treasure hunt, Almayer's ventures
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River
โ Scribed by Conrad, Joseph
- Book ID
- 100060488
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Modern Library
- Year
- 2007;2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Edition
- Modern Library pbk. ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 144344572X
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โฆ Synopsis
"Almayer's Folly, Joseph Conrad's first novel, is a tale of personal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils of colonialism. Set in the lush jungle of Borneo in the late 1800s, it tells of the Dutch merchant Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice. Conrad established in Almayer's Folly the themes of betrayal, isolation and colonialism that he would explore throughout the rest of his life and work."--Jacket.
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