Almayer's Folly: a story of an Eastern river

Almayer's Folly, by Joseph Conrad
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Title: Almayer's Folly A Story of an Eastern River
Author: Joseph Conrad
Release Date: February 23, 2006 Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1915 T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
ALMAYER’S FOLLY: A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER by Joseph Conrad
Qui de nous n’a eu sa terre promise, son jour d’extase et sa fin en exil?—AMIEL. LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD.
ADELPHI TERRACE
First Edition . . . 1895
Second Impression, 1907 Third ,, 1914 Fourth ,, 1915 To the memory of T. B.
CHAPTER I.
“Kaspar! Makan!” The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant realities of the present hour. An unpleasant voice too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an end to all this soon. He shuffled uneasily, but took no further notice of the call. Leaning with both his elbows on the balustrade of the verandah, he went on looking fixedly at the great river that flowed—indifferent and ...