Almayer’s Folly (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- First Published: 1895
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Race, Nineteenth century, Ethnic relations, Islands, Greed, Ambition, Netherlands or Dutch people, Houses, mansions, or manors, Gold, Precious metals or stones
- Locales: Dutch East Indies
Places Discussed
Pantai River (pan-TI). Fictional river in the Dutch East Indies to which the novel’s subtitle alludes (“A Story of an Eastern River”). Conrad modeled the Pantai on the real Berau River in Borneo. The subtitle accurately reflects the importance that the river plays in the narrative. All the major events take place either on or next to the Pantai, and its ceaseless motion and dangerous turbulence serve as both menacing background and active foreground to the development of the plot.
Conrad often uses the literary technique of personification, which...
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