| Almayer's Folly: A story of an Eastern River Contributor(s): Conrad, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545594597 ISBN-13: 9781545594599 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.48 lbs) 156 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. Nadine Gordimer writes in her Introduction, "Conrad's writing is lifelong questioning . . . What was 'Almayer's Folly'? The pretentious house never lived in? His obsession with gold? His obsessive love for his daughter, whose progenitors, the Malay race, he despised? All three?" 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. |