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Almayer's Folly

by Joseph Conrad
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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.

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Publisher: The Floating Press

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  • ISBN: 9781775414780
  • Release date: August 14, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9781775414780
  • File size: 242 KB
  • Release date: August 14, 2009

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1230
Text Difficulty:9-12

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.

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Classic Literature Fiction