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Almayer's Folly

A Story of an Eastern River

Joseph Conrad Nadine Gordimer

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English
Modern Library Inc
15 August 2002
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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Imprint:   Modern Library Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 135mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   175g
ISBN:   9780375760143
ISBN 10:   0375760148
Series:   Modern Library Classics
Pages:   174
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River

The human heart as recorded in Mr. Conrad s pages is the human heart of an immense number of men in all ages and in all climes. Ford Madox Ford


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