An Outcast of the Islands: Joseph Conrad (Limited Editions Club)

Signed on the colophon by the illustrator Robert Shore, #1950/2000. The brown slipcase with tan spine label is lightly scuffed and sunned. The original glassine dust wrapper is chipped at the corners, darkened spine. The specially designed linen cloth boards are a little rubbed at the extremities. Includes the Monthly Letter. All orders packed with care, dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the Vidar. The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a scandal in Makassar, finds refuge in a hidden native village, only to betray his benefactors over lust for the tribal chief's daughter. The story features Conrad's recurring character Tom Lingard, who also appears in Almayer's Folly (1895) and The Rescue (1920), in addition to sharing other characters with those novels. It is considered to be underrated as a work of literature for many. Conrad romanticizes the jungle environment and its inhabitants in a similar style to his "Heart of Darkness".

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Publisher: The Limited Editions Club

Year: 1975-01-01

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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