ALMAYER'S FOLLY: A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER
by Joseph Conrad


Qui de nous n'a eu sa terre promise, son jour d'extase et sa fin en
exil?--AMIEL.

_LONDON_: T. FISHER UNWIN, LTD.
ADELPHI TERRACE

_First Edition_ . . . 1895

_Second Impression_, 1907

_Third_ ,, 1914

_Fourth_ ,, 1915

To the memory of T. B.




CHAPTER I.


"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