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An Outcast of the Islands

An Outcast of the Islands

Author(s): Joseph Conrad

Location(s): Indonesia

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 19th Century

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Conrad used his experience within the British empire to write novels and stories that often used the sea and navy as a setting, juxtaposing the individual human spirit with the collective duty and honor of the British navy.

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It’s a on-going mystery how one can enjoy a book when there are no likeable characters and the direction is relentlessly downward to tragedy. It can only be that Conrad is such a great writer, with...

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