Conrad, Joseph,  1857-1924 <br/><br/>
Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almayer%27s_Folly  Release date is 1996-11-01 
<br/><br/>Transcribed from the 1915 T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. edition by David Price  Transcribed from the 1915 T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. edition by David Price 
<br/><br/> "Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River" by Joseph Conrad is a novel published in 1895. Set in the Borneo jungle, it follows Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer, who dreams of finding hidden gold and building wealth. Married to a native Malayan woman with a mixed-heritage daughter Nina, Almayer's obsessive pursuit of riches leads to tragedy when a Malayan prince arrives and falls in love with Nina. The story explores colonialism, family loyalty, and the devastating consequences of impossible dreams. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Dutch -- Borneo -- Fiction Didactic fiction Imperialism -- Fiction Psychological fiction Trading companies -- Fiction Lingard, Tom (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Borneo -- Fiction 
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