It was not distinguished — that could not be expected — but the features had more fineness than those of any other feminine countenance he had ever had the opportunity to observe so closely. There was in it something indefinably audacious and infinitely... Victory - Page 74by Joseph Conrad - 1924 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 446 pages
...earnestly that Heyst asked, in his faintly playful tone: "Is it your wish that I should leave you?" "I can't tell you how indignant I am," said Heyst....you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. tad much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1923 - 444 pages
...observe so closely. There was in it something indefinably audacious and infinitely miserable—because the temperament and the existence of that girl were...you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. bad much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,... | |
| Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1926 - 194 pages
...Joseph Conrad's novel, ' Victory.' " It seduced (her lover) Heyst by its amazing quality. . . . He drank in its charm as one listens to the tone of some instrument without heeding the tune. . . . By the mere vibrating, warm nobility of sound, (it) found its way into his heart. His mind cool,... | |
| Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - English literature - 1926 - 196 pages
...its poise, intonations, modulations, timbre, are Christina Rossetti's. One can drink in their charms as one listens to the tone of some instrument without heeding the tune. Its music sinks into the heart, deep down, where our unexpressed longings lie. It is the language of... | |
| Adam Gillon - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 318 pages
...the sound of the girl's voice produces a distinctly erotic impact. In Victory, for example, we find "But her voice! It seduced Heyst by its amazing quality....tone of some instrument without heeding the tune" (74). Her voice sets her apart: "The rare timbre of her voice gave special value to what she uttered.... | |
| Julika Griem - 1995 - 348 pages
...beispielsweise in den folgenden Textstellen aus Victory, The Arrow of Gold, The Rescue und "A Smile of Fortune": But her voice! It seduced Heyst by its amazing quality....tone of some instrument without heeding the tune. Her voice was low pitched, penetrating, and of the most seductive gentleness. (A 67) [...] she went... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1921 - 432 pages
...earnestly that Heyst asked, in his faintly playful tone : "Is it your wish that I should leave you?" "I can't tell you how indignant I am," said Heyst....you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. had much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,... | |
| Joseph Conrad - 1929 - 430 pages
...again, temporarily, only to rebound, as it were. At last they steadied in contact, but by that tune, say some fifteen minutes from the moment when they...you sing as well as play? " he asked her abruptly. had much reason to sing since I was little," she added. That inelegant phrase, by the mere vibrating,... | |
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