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Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River (Modern Library Classics)
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River (Modern Library Classics)
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River (Modern Library Classics)
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Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River (Modern Library Classics)

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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.
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Release dateFeb 18, 2018
ISBN9782377879960
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River (Modern Library Classics)
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Joseph Conrad

Polish-born Joseph Conrad is regarded as a highly influential author, and his works are seen as a precursor to modernist literature. His often tragic insight into the human condition in novels such as Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent is unrivalled by his contemporaries.

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