《Olmayer's Folly》

…He then became a captain on an Oriental route, and in 1890, of his own volition, became the captain of a steamship on the Belgian Congo River. However, due to poor health, he left his life as a sailor in 1894 and published “The Folly of O’Meyers” (1895), a work he had been writing for some time, which depicted the decadence of the white people in Borneo. Since then, he has devoted himself to writing, leaving behind 13 full-length novels and numerous medium-length and short stories. …

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…以後東洋航路の船長，90年には自ら選んでベルギー領コンゴ川蒸気船の船長になった。しかし健康を損ねて94年船員生活をやめ，以前から書きためていたボルネオの白人の退廃を描いた《オールメーヤーの愚行》(1895)を出版。以後執筆に専念し，13冊の長編と多数の中･短編小説を残している。…

※「《オールメーヤーの愚行》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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