Joseph Conrad 
Almayer’s Folly: a story of an Eastern river 

pub One.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. The well-known shrill voice startled Almayer from his dream of splendid future into the unpleasant realities of the present hour. An unpleasant voice too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an end to all this soon.