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Outcast of the Islands
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146121Outcast of the Islandshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/an-outcast-of-the-islands-29/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1680203/b4c86a0d-5c37-46e3-927f-7f479d8edcf3.jpg?v=638338616014430000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1677912/b4c86a0d-5c37-46e3-927f-7f479d8edcf3.jpg?v=638338612911570000409409MXNBlackstone PublishingInStock/Audiolibros/<p>An Outcast of the Islands, Joseph Conrads second novel, is a tale of intrigue, isolation, and morality.</p><p>The story follows the undoing of Peter Willems, a dishonorable man on the run from a scandal of his own making. After leaving Macassar, he takes refuge in a remote village and river post. The native people of the village take him in and serve as benefactors to Peter, but he seems doomed to fail each test of his character.</p><p>This novel remains an important piece of Conrads canon. He was greatly inspired by his time as a mate onboard a steamer, the Vidar, as readers and listeners will find in his other works as well. Outcast also features his recurring character Tom Lingard (who also appears in Almayers Folly and The Rescue), among others, and it also prefaces his romanticizing of jungle environments as in his Heart of Darkness.</p><p>Though this is one of his lesser-known and underrated works, An Outcast of the Islands is timeless parable of a man unable to truly connect with and understand his fellow humans, a man unable to access or follow his better nature.</p>...144269Outcast of the Islands409409https://www.gandhi.com.mx/an-outcast-of-the-islands-29/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1680203/b4c86a0d-5c37-46e3-927f-7f479d8edcf3.jpg?v=638338616014430000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1677912/b4c86a0d-5c37-46e3-927f-7f479d8edcf3.jpg?v=638338612911570000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20239798212277655_W3siaWQiOiJkMjdkMjZlYy1lNWVmLTQyNzEtYjBlMi1jYTQ3ODUyNjBiNjUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM5OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6Mzk5LCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9798212277655_<p>An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrads experience as mate of a steamer, the Vidar.</p><p>Disreputable and immoral are Peter Willems stock and trade. A clerk at Hudig and Co in Malaysia, he passes his time bullying those around him and embezzling money from his employer to finance a business deal he hopes will make him a partner in the firm.</p><p>When his treachery is revealed, Willems must go on the run, and takes a position on a remote Malaysian trading outpost. But even there, his own corruption catches up to him and he must take refuge in a hidden native village; one where his lust for the tribal chiefs daughter threatens to betray him anew.</p><p>An Outcast of the Islands was only Conrads second novel, but in its theme, in its impressionistic use of scenery, and, and over all, in the enormous richness and power of the writing, it predicts Conrads position as a literary figure of the highest rank.</p>...(*_*)9798212277655_<p>An Outcast of the Islands, Joseph Conrads second novel, is a tale of intrigue, isolation, and morality.</p><p>The story follows the undoing of Peter Willems, a dishonorable man on the run from a scandal of his own making. After leaving Macassar, he takes refuge in a remote village and river post. The native people of the village take him in and serve as benefactors to Peter, but he seems doomed to fail each test of his character.</p><p>This novel remains an important piece of Conrads canon. He was greatly inspired by his time as a mate onboard a steamer, the Vidar, as readers and listeners will find in his other works as well. Outcast also features his recurring character Tom Lingard (who also appears in Almayers Folly and The Rescue), among others, and it also prefaces his romanticizing of jungle environments as in his Heart of Darkness.</p><p>Though this is one of his lesser-known and underrated works, An Outcast of the Islands is timeless parable of a man unable to truly connect with and understand his fellow humans, a man unable to access or follow his better nature.</p>...9798212277655_Blackstone Publishingaudiolibro_4cff8a02-5231-364e-87e7-bfe869ce198f_9798212277655;9798212277655_9798212277655Joseph ConradInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2023-06-20T00:00:00+00:00Blackstone Publishing