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Outcast of the Islands is a 1951 British adventure drama film directed by Carol Reed based on Joseph Conrad's 1896 novel An Outcast of the Islands. The film features Trevor Howard , Ralph Richardson , Robert Morley and Wendy Hiller .
A 1951 adventure drama film based on Joseph Conrad's novel, directed by Carol Reed and starring Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard. The film follows a man who is expelled from a merchant company in an East Asian port and joins a secret trading post.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Carol Reed
- 1952-07-11
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.
An Outcast of the Islands was only Conrad's second novel, but in its theme, in its impressionistic use of scenery, and, and over all, in the enormous richness and power of the writing, it predicts Conrad's position as a literary figure of the highest rank. The cover shows a detail from Old Boathouse and Riverside Vegetation, Sarawak by Marianne ...
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- Paperback
Sep 9, 2016 · “An Outcast of the Islands” belongs to those novels of mine that were never laid aside; and though it brought me the qualification of “exotic writer” I don’t think the charge was at all justified. For the life of me I don’t see that there is the slightest exotic spirit in the conception or style of that novel.
A film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's novel about a corrupt Dutch trader in Borneo. Read critics and audience reviews, cast and crew, photos, and media info.
- Adventure
Jan 9, 2006 · A free eBook of Conrad's psychological fiction about a European trader in Southeast Asia who betrays his company and his friends. Choose from various formats and languages to read online or download.
