Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad audiobook.

Genre: drama

In a remote river settlement in the Malay Archipelago, Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer clings to a single dream: striking it rich and escaping the humid, decaying outpost that has swallowed his youth. Propped up by the lingering promises of his seafaring patron Captain Lingard, Almayer builds a grand, unfinished house the locals mock as his 'folly' - a monument to ambition in a place governed by shifting alliances, rumor, and power. But the fortunes he chases remain out of reach, and the life he has made becomes a tangle of cultural mistrust and private bitterness. Bound to a marriage that has turned into a war of resentment, Almayer pours his hopes into his daughter Nina, believing she will be the bridge to a European future. When Nina is drawn toward the charismatic Dain Maroola and the dangerous currents of local politics, Almayer is forced to confront how little control he has over the people he loves - or over the world he thought he could master. Joseph Conrad's debut novel is a haunting study of colonial illusion, pride, and the slow unraveling of a man living on the edge of someone else's country.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:32:32) Chapter 02

(00:58:02) Chapter 03

(01:26:16) Chapter 04

(01:49:25) Chapter 05

(02:19:16) Chapter 06

(02:47:31) Chapter 07

(03:21:05) Chapter 08

(03:58:54) Chapter 09

(04:37:40) Chapter 10

(05:13:32) Chapter 11

(05:56:54) Chapter 12

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