An Outcast of the Islands (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Conrad, Joseph

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9780199554638: An Outcast of the Islands (Oxford World's Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0199554633 ISBN 13: 9780199554638

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

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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 the major players, this is a story of a man unable to understand others and fated never to possess his own soul.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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An Outcast of the Islands is the latest volume in the widely praised Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad. Like its predecessors in this series, this volume offers scholars an authoritative text, free from the interference of early typists, compositors and editors, and comprehensive textual and explanatory notes.

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