An outcast of the islands

Description

Conrad’s Second novel (An Outcast of the Islands) is about the colonial enterprise and their faults while they take a region. The characters are complex and deep. It makes for a great read.Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.

Description

"Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a s̀econd chance' at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly into traps set by himself and others. The pawn of Babalatchi, the one-eyed schemer of power politics, and of the rich Abdulla, who uses Willems to increase his own wealth, his fate is sealed by his lover, Aissa, and by Almayer, an embittered fellow countryman."--Jacket.

Subjects

Genres

• Fiction

Series Statement

• Oxford world's classics
• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Other Editions

• An outcast of the islandsOxford University Press2002-01-01
• An outcast of the islandsNash & Grayson1900-01-01
• An outcast of the islandsT. Nelson1900-01-01
• [Complete works]Doubleday, Page & company1924-01-01
• An outcast of the islands.Doubleday, Page1924-01-01
• Complete works.Doubleday, Page1924-01-01