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An Outcast of the Islands (Oxford World's Classics)
An Outcast of the Islands - Oxford World's Classics Author:Joseph Conrad, J.H. Stape, J. H. Stape, Hans Van Marle The only annotated edition available, An Outcast of the Islands (1896), Conrad's second novel, is a tale of intrigue in an eastern setting. Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a "second chance" at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly into traps set by himself and others. A parable of human frailty, with love and death... more » the major players, this is a story of a man unable to understand others and fated never to possess his own soul.« less