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Almayer's Folly : A Story of an Eastern River / by Joseph Conrad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dutch--Borneo--Fiction.
- Dutch.
- Trading companies--Fiction.
- Trading companies.
- Imperialism--Fiction.
- Imperialism.
- Lingard, Tom (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
- Lingard, Tom (Fictitious character).
- Borneo--Fiction.
- Borneo.
- Genre:
- Didactic fiction.
- Adventure fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 v.)
- Place of Publication:
- S.l. : The Floating Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- 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 fail, one after the other. In the hotpot of isolation, colonialism and frustrated desire, naming Almayer's true folly becomes complicated.
- ISBN:
- 1775414787
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