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Page viii
A very subordinate personage in Lord Jim as far back as the year 1899, he
became notably active in a certain short story of mine published in 1902. Here he
appears in a still larger part, true to life (I hope), but also true to himself. Only, in
this ...
A very subordinate personage in Lord Jim as far back as the year 1899, he
became notably active in a certain short story of mine published in 1902. Here he
appears in a still larger part, true to life (I hope), but also true to himself. Only, in
this ...
Page ix
The contemporaneous very short Author's Note which is preserved in this edition
bears sufficient witness to the feelings with which I consented to the publication of
the book. The fact of the book having been published in the United States early ...
The contemporaneous very short Author's Note which is preserved in this edition
bears sufficient witness to the feelings with which I consented to the publication of
the book. The fact of the book having been published in the United States early ...
Page xi
... moral foundation of my Heyst laid on the ground of a short acquaintance. That
it was short was certainly not my fault, for he had charmed me by the mere
amenity of his detachment which, in this case, I cannot help thinking he had
carried ...
... moral foundation of my Heyst laid on the ground of a short acquaintance. That
it was short was certainly not my fault, for he had charmed me by the mere
amenity of his detachment which, in this case, I cannot help thinking he had
carried ...
Page xiv
I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a
certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months
afterwards, have fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning rage, as
manifested in ...
I took the nearest short cut—through the wall. This bestial apparition and a
certain enormous buck nigger encountered in Haiti only a couple of months
afterwards, have fixed my conception of blind, furious, unreasoning rage, as
manifested in ...
Page 15
... his pocket seemed somehow inconceivable. So inconceivable that as they
were trudging together through the sand of the roadway to the custom-house—
another mud hovel—to pay the fine, Morrison broke into a cold sweat, stopped
short ...
... his pocket seemed somehow inconceivable. So inconceivable that as they
were trudging together through the sand of the roadway to the custom-house—
another mud hovel—to pay the fine, Morrison broke into a cold sweat, stopped
short ...
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| Title | Victory The modern library of the world's best books The modern library |
| Author | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher | Random House, 1915 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 13 Aug 2015 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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