| Almayer's Folly Contributor(s): Conrad, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 1721129545 ISBN-13: 9781721129546 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.37 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.37 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Almayer's Folly is about a poor businessman who dreams of finding a hidden gold mine and becoming very wealthy. He is a white European, married to a native Malayan; they have one daughter named Nina. He fails to find the goldmine, and comes home saddened. Previously, he had heard that the British were to conquer the Pantai River, and he had built a large, lavish house near where he resided at the time, in order to welcome the invaders. However, the conquest never took place, and the house remained unfinished. Some passing Dutch seamen had called the house "Almayer's Folly". Now, Almayer continually goes out for long trips, but eventually he stops doing so and stays home with his hopeless daydreams of riches and splendor. His native wife loathes him for this. |