Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

This Halcyon Classics ebook is Joseph Conrad's first novel, ALMAYER'S FOLLY.

Set on the remote coast of late 19th century Borneo, Almayer is a young Dutchman who enters a loveless marriage to inherit wealth. However, his venture's constantly fail and his sanity begins to slip away as he loses his loves and any prospect of great wealth.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011854330
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	10/14/2010
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	148 KB

About the Author

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) was a British writer of Polish descent; he became a British subject in 1886. Popular during the noontide of the British Empire, Conrad had been a sailor and usually wrote about nautical or seaboard topics. His experiences with the horrors of colonialism in the Congo influenced his seminal work HEART OF DARKNESS.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France