An Outcast of the Islands (Everyman Paperback Classics)
Contributors: Cedric Watts (Editor)
Publisher: Everyman Paperback Classics; Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.; Phoenix
Published: Oct 15, 1996
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780460877732
Description: An 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--Amazon.com.