Almayer's folly
(2015)
Fiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Xist Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2015
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781681952505 (electronic bk.) MWT11598725, 1681952505 (electronic bk.) 11598725
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Geoffrey Howard
The Story of a Man Blinded by His Greed of Gold. Dutch Kaspar Almayer, a trader married to a native Malayan and father of one daughter Nina, is obsessed with wealth. He seeks in vain the lost treasure of Borneo and waits for the British conquerors in his unfinished house named by a fellow seaman 'Almayer's Folly.' A local prince in love with Nina swears to help the Dutch find the gold but can he be trusted?
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