Almayer's Folly - A Story of an Eastern River by Joseph Conrad. Almayer's Folly, published in 1895, is Joseph Conrad's first novel. Set in the late 19th century, it centres on the life of the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer in the Borneo jungle and his relationship to his mixed heritage daughter Nina. 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 invading country to the native land. 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.

Mídia	Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado	6 de dezembro de 2017
ISBN13	9781981472017
Editoras	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Páginas	98
Dimensões	216 × 280 × 5 mm · 249 g
Idioma	English

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