Almayer’s Folly · Character
Tom Lingard
The legendary Rajah Laut, a sea-dog adventurer whose booming bargains and sudden fondness for young Almayer reshaped more than one life.
supporting
Also known as Lingard, old Lingard, Captain Lingard, the Rajah Laut
First appearance: almayer s folly
As a supporting figure in Almayer’s Folly, Tom Lingard is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Lingard is remembered in Almayer's flashback as the forceful patriarch who arranged Almayer's marriage and promised great wealth.
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Lingard is the old sea king of the archipelago, a trader of titanic appetites who brawls over profits with Hudig and plucks Almayer from a clerk's stool to make him supercargo and, later, son-in-law. His affection for…
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