Almayer's Folly - 9780368775291
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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 hurried-before his eyes. He liked to look at it about the time of sunset; perhaps because at that time the sinking sun would spread a glowing gold tinge on the waters of the Pantai, and Almayer's thoughts were often busy with gold; gold he had failed to secure; gold the others had secured-dishonestly, of course-or gold he meant to secure yet, through his own honest exertions, for himself and Nina. He absorbed himself in his dream of wealth and power away from this coast where he had dwelt for so many years, forgetting the bitterness of toil and strife in the vision of a great and splendid reward.
- | Author: Joseph Conrad
- | Publisher: Blurb
- | Publication Date: May 01, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 192 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0368775291
- | ISBN-13: 9780368775291
- Author:
- Joseph Conrad
- Publisher:
- Blurb
- Publication Date:
- May 01, 2020
- Number of pages:
- 192 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 0368775291
- ISBN-13:
- 9780368775291