02396cam a2200337 4500 2778620708 TxAuBib 20250609120000.0 260609s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780486153780 0486153789 azyxr89 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Almayer's Folly [CloudLibrary] / Conrad, Joseph. [S.l. : Dover Publications, 2013. 1 online resource. 144 p. Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels Electronic book. The tale of a man's inability to escape his self-delusion and the tragic results that ensue, Almayer's Folly unfolds with the lush prose and keen psychological insights for which its author is renowned. Set in nineteenth-century Borneo, the novel recounts the brief rise and protracted fall of Kaspar Almayer, a Dutch merchant who has struggled for 25 years to practice his trade in the jungle. Only his daughter, Nina, brightens Almayer's embittered marriage to a Malayan, and he dreams of their triumphant return to civilization — a fantasy undermined by Almayer's own greed and prejudice. This tale of personal tragedy offers a wider perspective on the disastrous effects of colonialism, a view familiar to the author from the worldly wealth of experience he acquired in fifteen years of service as a merchant seaman. Conrad infused his first novel with many of the themes and settings that he would return to again and again in his later fiction: the clash of Western and Eastern cultures, the sovereignty of the natural world, and the consequences of cowardice and racism. A gripping and thought-provoking chronicle, Almayer's Folly abounds in the page-turning excitement that won Conrad his place among the greatest storytellers in English literature. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Dover Publications 2013 Available via World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 1.7 MB.) FICTION|Classics. FICTION|Literary. Electronic books. CloudLibrary. Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ereadtexas-document_id-azyxr89 CloudLibrary TXGID